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Leymus salinus Shale Sparse Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Leymus salinus Shale Sparse Vegetation Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This generally sparse association typically occurs on cool, sparsely vegetated badland slopes of Mancos, Morrison, or other shale formations in the Colorado Plateau of southeastern Utah and western Colorado. Elevations range between 1341 and 1971 m (4400-6465 feet), and slopes tend to be north- to east-facing and moderately steep to steep (38-71% slope). The physical appearance of the community is characterized by a moderate cover of colluvial rocks and blocks fallen from sandstone ledges above the stand. Total vegetation cover is characteristically sparse (<10%) but ranges widely, from 3 to 55% depending on aspect and slope. The tall bunchgrass <i>Leymus salinus</i> is visually dominant, with between 2 and 10% cover. Freeze-thaw, shrink-swell action, frequent rolling rocks and sheet erosion of the clay soils tend to create bare soils between the scattered bunches of <i>Leymus salinus</i> and dwarf-shrubs such as <i>Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. stenophyllus, Gutierrezia sarothrae</i>, and <i>Atriplex confertifolia</i>, which total between 1 and 5% cover.  Accession Code: VB.CC.33118.CEGL002745 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.2.687754 NatureServe Explorer   Common: Saline Wildrye Tableland   Translated: Saline Wildrye Shale Sparse Vegetation   Scientific: Leymus salinus Shale Sparse Vegetation   Code: CEGL002745