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Sarcobatus vermiculatus / Ericameria nauseosa Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Sarcobatus vermiculatus / Ericameria nauseosa Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This greasewood shrubland association is found throughout Nevada and in southern Colorado. This description is based on information from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. This common shrubland association is found primarily on sandsheets, but also on valley floors, sabkhas, valley floors, and toeslopes. Elevation ranges from 2295 to 2355 m. Bare soil is the dominant ground surface cover ranging from 50-96%. There is significant evidence of heavy grazing on herbaceous species in every surveyed stand. <i>Sarcobatus vermiculatus</i> and <i>Ericameria nauseosa</i> form an open to moderately dense short-shrub layer (0.5-1 m) with almost no understory. Other commonly occurring short-shrub species include <i>Chrysothamnus greenei</i> and <i>Atriplex canescens</i>. The sparse (<10% total cover) herbaceous layer may include a variety of graminoids such as <i>Achnatherum hymenoides, Distichlis spicata, Juncus balticus, Spartina gracilis</i>, and <i>Sporobolus airoides</i>, as well as <i>Opuntia polyacantha</i> and <i>Psoralidium lanceolatum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.32366.CEGL001362
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.2.683431 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Greasewood / Rubber Rabbitbrush Shrubland
  Scientific: Sarcobatus vermiculatus / Ericameria nauseosa Shrubland
  Code: CEGL001362