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Zuckia brandegeei Sparse Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Zuckia brandegeei Sparse Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This sparsely vegetated association is common on plateaus at Petrified Forest National Park but occurs elsewhere in the Colorado Plateau of northern Arizona and eastern Utah. In Arizona, it is found on plateaus, plains, alluvial fans, steep colluvial and badlands slopes or shale hogbacks. It is also found on eroding shales of the high plateaus of southern Utah. Elevation ranges from 1341-2078 m (4397-6815 feet). The soil is rapidly drained clay loam derived from shales such as the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation or Chinle, Moenkopi, Tropic Shale and Curtis formations. The unvegetated surface typically has high cover of shale chips, sandstone rocks, basalt gravel, conglomerate or petrified wood forming a desert pavement surface. Exposure of bare soil is low. The vegetation has a sparse canopy consisting of <i>Zuckia brandegeei</i> with scattered <i>Atriplex confertifolia</i> and <i>Gutierrezia microcephala</i>. The herbaceous layer is low in diversity and provides sparse cover. The bunchgrasses <i>Leymus salinus</i> and <i>Pleuraphis jamesii</i> are present. Forbs include <i>Platyschkuhria integrifolia</i> and <i>Xylorhiza venusta</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31906.CEGL002493
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: Siltbush Sparse Vegetation
  Code: CEGL002493
  Scientific: Zuckia brandegeei Sparse Vegetation