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Suaeda moquinii Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Suaeda moquinii Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: These shrublands occur in desert basins or playas in Nevada, Arizona, and southern and eastern California. Sites are generally flat to gently sloping saline valley bottoms, floodplains and playas, saline seeps, and along intermittent washes at elevations ranging from sea level to 1640 m (5381 feet). Soils are deep, saline, alkaline clay loams. The vegetation has a generally sparse shrub layer that is less than 1.5 m tall and strongly dominated by <i>Suaeda moquinii</i> with scattered <i>Atriplex polycarpa, Atriplex canescens, Allenrolfea occidentalis</i>, or <i>Sarcobatus vermiculatus</i> in some stands. The sparse herbaceous layer may include the forbs <i>Bassia hyssopifolia</i> and <i>Salicornia maritima (= Salicornia europaea)</i>. Graminoids are not abundant except for <i>Distichlis spicata</i> and occasional <i>Sporobolus airoides</i> or <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus</i>. The adjacent shrublands are dominated by <i>Sarcobatus vermiculatus</i> or <i>Atriplex</i> spp. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.32329.CEGL001991
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
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  Translated: Mojave Seablite Shrubland
  Code: CEGL001991
  Scientific: Suaeda moquinii Shrubland