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Artemisia nova / Elymus elymoides Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Artemisia nova / Elymus elymoides Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association is found in the foothills, plateaus and mountains of Nevada and Utah. Stands occur on well-drained slopes, knolls and ridges. Substrates are typically shallow, gravelly or stony soils derived from calcareous parent materials such as limestone. These soils are frequently coarse-textured, but subsoil argillic horizons are common. There is often an impenetrable subsurface layer from a duripan, caliche, or bedrock. <i>Artemisia nova</i> plants often grow in adjacent <i>Artemisia tridentata</i> shrublands that are found on deeper soils in basins. Combined ground cover of bare ground, rock and gravel is often high (about 70% cover). Litter is concentrated under the shrub canopies. The vegetation is characterized by an open dwarf-shrub canopy (10-30% cover) that is dominated by <i>Artemisia nova</i> and a sparse herbaceous layer dominated by the perennial graminoid <i>Elymus elymoides</i> with scattered forbs. <i>Atriplex confertifolia, Artemisia tridentata, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Ephedra nevadensis, Ephedra viridis</i>, and <i>Grayia spinosa</i> are common shrub associates that may be present in smaller amounts. The herbaceous layer includes low cover of species of <i>Comandra, Cryptantha, Erigeron, Eriogonum, Machaeranthera, Phlox, Penstemon</i>, and <i>Poa secunda</i>. Introduced annual graminoids such as <i>Bromus rubens</i> and <i>Bromus tectorum</i> are common in disturbed stands. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34326.CEGL001418
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.2.686437 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Black Sagebrush / Squirreltail Shrubland
  Scientific: Artemisia nova / Elymus elymoides Shrubland
  Code: CEGL001418