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Fouquieria splendens / Petrophyton caespitosum Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Fouquieria splendens / Petrophyton caespitosum Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This Chihuahuan Desert shrubland association is a limited endemic community known from four occurrences in the San Andres Mountains (Sheep Mountain and Big Gyp Mountain) and the Sierra Oscura of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico (it is potentially present in the Guadalupe Mountains of southern New Mexico). It occurs at elevations of 1650-2010 m (5400-6600 feet) and is limited to limestone outcrops with extensive areas of exposed bedrock. <i>Cercocarpus montanus</i> is often a codominant shrub with <i>Fouquieria splendens</i>. <i>Petrophyton caespitosum</i> is diagnostic in the herb layer, growing among the cracks in the limestone bedrock. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33874.CEGL001379
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.2.683714 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Ocotillo / Tufted Rockmat Shrubland
  Scientific: Fouquieria splendens / Petrophyton caespitosum Shrubland
  Code: CEGL001379