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Hesperocyparis arizonica / Quercus hypoleucoides Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Hesperocyparis arizonica / Quercus hypoleucoides Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This forest association is found on slopes and in drainages in the Dragoon, Santa Catalina, and Chiricahua mountains in southeastern Arizona. Sites tend to be cool and moist with northern or eastern aspects, elevations 1460-1770 m. Dominant trees are <i>Hesperocyparis arizonica, Pinus discolor, Quercus hypoleucoides, Quercus palmeri</i>, and <i>Quercus arizonica</i>. The shrub layer is heavy and diverse. Common shrubs include <i>Quercus rugosa, Arctostaphylos pungens, Cercocarpus montanus, Fendlera rupicola, Garrya wrightii, Ceanothus fendleri, Nolina microcarpa, Fraxinus anomala</i>, and <i>Prunus virginiana</i>. The herbaceous layer is also diverse with many graminoids such as <i>Bouteloua curtipendula, Poa fendleriana, Carex geophila, Koeleria macrantha, Piptochaetium pringlei, Elymus elymoides, Schizachyrium scoparium, Muhlenbergia longiligula</i>, and <i>Muhlenbergia richardsonis</i>. The forb <i>Packera neomexicana</i> is typical. Fires may be important for <i>Hesperocyparis arizonica</i> seed to germinate. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29261-{C7187664-995B-4EAA-9EF9-FD653B6872B5}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 16-Oct-2018 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689377 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000352
  Translated: Arizona Cypress / Silverleaf Oak Forest
  Scientific: Hesperocyparis arizonica / Quercus hypoleucoides Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL000352
(similar) Cupressus arizonica / Quercus hypoleucoides Forest
(similar) Cupressus arizonica / Quercus hypoleucoides Forest