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Coleogyne ramosissima / Pleuraphis jamesii Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Coleogyne ramosissima / Pleuraphis jamesii Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This shrubland association occurs in the Colorado Plateau and Mojave Desert in areas with hot summers and cold winters. Sites are gently sloping to flat and are found on a variety of landforms from canyon rims and ledges to alluvial fans, valleys and washes with some stands occurring on sandsheets or shale barrens. Elevations range up to 1850 m (6070 feet). Substrates are variable and range from deep, well-drained, sandy soils derived from sandstone to rocky, clayey soils derived from shale. The vegetation is characterized by an open (10-30% cover) short-shrub layer that is dominated by the deciduous, microphyllous shrub <i>Coleogyne ramosissima</i> with a sparse to moderately dense perennial graminoid layer that is dominated or codominated by <i>Pleuraphis jamesii</i>. Shrub associates may be present, including <i>Atriplex canescens, Atriplex confertifolia, Ephedra nevadensis, Ephedra torreyana, Ericameria nauseosa, Gutierrezia sarothrae</i>, and <i>Opuntia</i> spp. <i>Achnatherum hymenoides, Calochortus nuttallii</i>, and several annuals may be present to abundant in the herbaceous layer, especially during wet years. Cover of introduced annual <i>Bromus</i> species and <i>Salsola tragus</i> may be high in disturbed stands. Occasional <i>Juniperus osteosperma</i> or <i>Pinus edulis</i> trees are present in some stands. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33876.CEGL001334
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.2.687332 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Blackbrush / James' Galleta Shrubland
  Scientific: Coleogyne ramosissima / Pleuraphis jamesii Shrubland
  Code: CEGL001334