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Arctostaphylos pungens Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Arctostaphylos pungens Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
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: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29867-{64F46161-F08E-4552-8A03-D3B2EF0AF811}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 14-Jan-2002 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685500 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000958
  Translated: Pointleaf Manzanita Shrubland
  Scientific: Arctostaphylos pungens Shrubland
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(similar) Arctostaphylos pungens Shrubland
(similar) Arctostaphylos pungens Shrubland
(similar) CEGL000958