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Cercocarpus ledifolius / Artemisia tridentata Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Cercocarpus ledifolius / Artemisia tridentata Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This woodland is known from California, Nevada, Idaho and southern Utah. The following description is from southern Nevada and southern Utah stands. This woodland occurs on high mountain slopes and ridges or low washes at 2072 to 2835 m (6800-9300 feet) elevation. Soils are rapidly drained sandy loams derived from alluvium or rhyolitic welded ash-flows. This woodland appears as clumps of taller <i>Cercocarpus ledifolius</i> amongst a sea of the lower statured <i>Artemisia tridentata</i>. Other tree species may include <i>Juniperus osteosperma, Juniperus scopulorum</i>, pinyon spp., and <i>Pinus ponderosa</i>. Other shrubs include <i>Amelanchier pallida, Purshia tridentata, Chrysothamnus</i> spp., <i>Gutierrezia sarothrae, Tetradymia canescens, Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea, Symphoricarpos</i> spp., and <i>Ericameria nauseosa</i>. The herbaceous layer has sparse cover and includes the bunchgrasses <i>Achnatherum hymenoides</i> and <i>Elymus elymoides</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29869-{BB6280EC-C102-4EFF-91B2-92BED9BE7268}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 06-Jan-2017 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688142 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000960
  Translated: Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany / Big Sagebrush Woodland
  Scientific: Cercocarpus ledifolius / Artemisia tridentata Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL000960
(similar) Cercocarpus ledifolius / Artemisia tridentata Woodland
(similar) Cercocarpus ledifolius / Artemisia tridentata Woodland