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Quercus x pauciloba / Bouteloua curtipendula Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Quercus x pauciloba / Bouteloua curtipendula Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association is only known to occur at Bandelier National Monument in north-central New Mexico. The current description is based on data received from there and will be updated when additional inventory data are available. This mid-elevation association occurs on sites with moderate to high solar exposure that increases with elevation. Stands are found on gentle shoulder slopes, toeslopes, or rolling mesatops (5-20% slopes), and occasionally on steep mountain backslopes (20-50%). The ground surface is characterized by bunchgrasses and forbs amid a mix of gravel, rock, boulders, or exposed bedrock. Elevation ranges between 2040 and 2485 m (6690-8150 feet). These montane shrublands are dominated by the hybrid scrub oak <i>Quercus x pauciloba</i> and <i>Cercocarpus montanus</i>, which can form thickets with 50% or more canopy cover. <i>Cercocarpus montanus</i> and other shrubs such as <i>Ceanothus fendleri</i> and <i>Robinia neomexicana</i> may be present but at less than 5% cover. Scattered regeneration of conifers such as <i>Juniperus deppeana, Juniperus monosperma</i>, or <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> can occur, but cover is less than 10%. In the herbaceous layer, <i>Bouteloua curtipendula</i> is the diagnostic dominant species. Numerous additional graminoids and forbs may be common to abundant. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31813.CEGL005378
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.821390 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Wavyleaf Oak / Sideoats Grama Shrubland
  Code: CEGL005378
  Scientific: Quercus x pauciloba / Bouteloua curtipendula Shrubland