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Arctostaphylos pungens Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Arctostaphylos pungens Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This chaparral association has been described from the Virgin Mountains in southern Nevada, Markagunt Plateau in southwestern Utah, the Mogollon Rim in Arizona south to the Animas Mountains in southwestern New Mexico. Sites include dry, gentle to moderate slopes of mountains and plateaus. Substrates are variable and range from rocky, coarse-textured soil to clay loam. The vegetation is characterized by a typically dense, tall-shrub layer dominated by <i>Arctostaphylos pungens</i> (50-70% cover) with sparse short-shrub or herbaceous layers. Associated shrubs vary geographically with <i>Arctostaphylos patula, Amelanchier utahensis, Ceanothus</i> spp., <i>Cercocarpus ledifolius, Ephedra viridis, Garrya flavescens, Mahonia fremontii, Quercus gambelii, Quercus turbinella</i>, or <i>Robinia neomexicana</i> present in the northern extant and <i>Arctostaphylos pringlei, Ceanothus</i> spp., <i>Garrya wrightii, Nolina microcarpa, Quercus hypoleucoides, Quercus turbinella</i>, or scattered <i>Quercus rugosa</i> or <i>Pinus discolor</i> trees present in the southern extent. The herbaceous layer, if present, consists of sparse cover of grasses or forbs. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34284.CEGL000958
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.2.685500 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Pointleaf Manzanita Shrubland
  Scientific: Arctostaphylos pungens Shrubland
  Code: CEGL000958