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Atriplex canescens / Calycoseris parryi Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Atriplex canescens / Calycoseris parryi Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association is warm desert scrub found on nearly level alluvial plains adjacent to the Colorado River, elevation 700-800 m. The common shrubs are <i>Atriplex canescens, Prosopis glandulosa</i> and <i>Suaeda moquinii</i>. The cacti <i>Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea</i> and <i>Opuntia basilaris</i> are common in this shrubland. Common ephemeral species include <i>Calycoseris parryi, Chaenactis stevioides, Erodium texanum</i>, and the Eurasian weed <i>Bromus rubens</i>. Near the river the <i>Prosopis glandulosa</i> density and size increase to form a thicket that resembles a mesquite "bosque." The soil is distinctive, a silty loam derived from the Grand Canyon series. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30193-{C283DC08-7483-4BA3-B0F3-8D8B6AAEE247}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685371 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001284
  Translated: Fourwing Saltbush / Yellow Tackstem Shrubland
  Scientific: Atriplex canescens / Calycoseris parryi Shrubland
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(similar) Atriplex canescens / Calycoseris parryi Shrubland
(similar) CEGL001284
(similar) Atriplex canescens / Calycoseris parryi Shrubland