Login | Datasets | Logout
Jump to... Home PLOT search PLANT search COMMUNITY search Simple search Manage datasets Tutorial About FAQ ------- Site map VegBranch Data dictionary ERD

stdcommconcept3182931829

View Community Concepts - Detail

Achnatherum speciosum Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
click to update datacart
Name: Achnatherum speciosum Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This community is a shrubland with desert needlegrass as the dominant in the herb layer that often intergrades into creosotebush scrub. Stand composition varies. <i>Achnatherum speciosum (= Stipa speciosa)</i> is the sole dominant or important grass in the ground layer. Other plants in the herb layer may include <i>Nassella lepida (= Stipa lepida), Achnatherum hymenoides (= Oryzopsis hymenoides), Nassella cernua (= Stipa cernua), Poa secunda</i>, and <i>Elymus elymoides</i>. Grasses are <1 m and cover is open. The shrub layer often contains <i>Hymenoclea salsola</i>.  Accession Code: VB.CC.31829.CEGL003113 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.2.688814 NatureServe Explorer   Common: Desert Needlegrass Shrub Steppe   Translated: Desert Needlegrass Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation   Code: CEGL003113   Scientific: Achnatherum speciosum Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation