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Prosopis velutina / Mimosa dysocarpa Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Prosopis velutina / Mimosa dysocarpa Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This shrubland is described from the Las Guijas Mountains and the southeastern part of Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in southern Arizona. Plot data indicate elevations of 1065-1110 m (3492-3652 feet) where it is found along drainages on gentle slopes. Soils are sandy loam or loam. The vegetation is characterized by an open to moderately dense (20-30% cover) tall-shrub canopy dominated by <i>Prosopis velutina</i> with an open to moderately dense (20-30% cover) dwarf-shrub layer dominated by <i>Mimosa dysocarpa</i>, sometimes with high cover of <i>Gutierrezia sarothrae</i>. The herbaceous layer has high species richness of forbs (>25 species) but relatively low cover (20%). Cover is codominated by graminoids and forbs. Characteristic species include <i>Bouteloua aristidoides, Bouteloua curtipendula, Panicum hirticaule, Ambrosia confertiflora, Chamaesyce albomarginata, Evolvulus alsinoides, Gutierrezia microcephala, Ipomoea hederacea, Mollugo verticillata</i>, and <i>Talinum aurantiacum</i>. If present, <i>Eragrostis lehmanniana</i> cover is low (less than 25% cover and less than a third of the total perennial graminoid cover). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31756.CEGL005346
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: Provisional
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
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  Translated: Velvet Mesquite / Velvetpod Mimosa Shrubland
  Scientific: Prosopis velutina / Mimosa dysocarpa Shrubland
  Code: CEGL005346