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Atriplex canescens Desert Wash Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Atriplex canescens Desert Wash Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This desert wash shrubland is know from two plots in Utah (Canyonlands and Capital Reef national parks) and four plots in northern Arizona (Wupatki National Monument) but is likely more widespread. Stands occur on sandy terraces and wash bottoms at 1178 to 1600 m elevation. Sites are flat to gently sloping and occur in and along intermittent washes. Substrates are rapidly drained, sandy or gravelly soils derived from alluvium, cinder and sandstone. Scattered large rocks, gravel and bare ground cover most of the unvegetated surface. Total vegetation cover is 6-25% and is dominated by a scattered to open canopy of <i>Atriplex canescens</i>. Associated shrubs include <i>Artemisia filifolia, Atriplex gardneri, Brickellia longifolia, Ephedra torreyana, Ephedra viridis, Ericameria nauseosa, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Fraxinus anomala, Lycium andersonii, Rhus trilobata</i>, and <i>Suaeda moquinii (= Suaeda torreyana)</i>. Herbaceous cover is sparse (<10% cover) with a variety of grasses and forbs such as <i>Achnatherum hymenoides, Artemisia dracunculus, Muhlenbergia porteri, Sporobolus cryptandrus, Sphaeralcea parvifolia, Sporobolus contractus, Stanleya pinnata</i>, and <i>Wyethia scabra</i>. Non-native annuals such as <i>Bromus tectorum</i> and <i>Salsola tragus</i> are sometimes present. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31895.CEGL003470
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]
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  Translated: Fourwing Saltbush Desert Wash Shrubland
  Code: CEGL003470
  Scientific: Atriplex canescens Desert Wash Shrubland