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Krascheninnikovia lanata Dwarf-shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Krascheninnikovia lanata Dwarf-shrubland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This dwarf-shrubland association is known from Colorado Plateau west into to the Great Basin and northern Mojave Desert and east into the northern panhandle of Texas; it is likely to be more widespread in similar habitats in the southwestern Great Plains. Total vegetation cover ranges from 5 to 45% and is characterized by the dwarf-shrub <i>Krascheninnikovia lanata</i> with cover between 5 and 30%. In southern Nevada, scattered <i>Ambrosia dumosa, Atriplex polycarpa, Larrea tridentata, Lycium andersonii, Sphaeralcea ambigua</i>, and <i>Suaeda moquinii</i> may be present. The herbaceous layer is poorly developed but may contain tufts of the grass <i>Achnatherum hymenoides</i>. Forbs commonly present include <i>Eriogonum</i> spp., <i>Opuntia polyacantha, Oenothera pallida, Plantago patagonica, Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia</i>, and <i>Sphaeralcea parvifolia</i>. Biological soil crusts may provide up to 45% cover. Introduced annuals <i>Bromus tectorum, Bromus rubens</i>, and <i>Salsola tragus</i> may be abundant on some sites. This is an alkaline dwarf-shrubland that occurs primarily on sandsheets, slopes and plains often on eolian deposits near canyon walls and in alkaline flats in and around playas and along washes. Sites are flat to steep (up to 40% slope) and occur between 800 and 1770 m (2620-5800 feet) elevation. Soils are rapidly drained loamy sands or sandy loams derived from alluvium from a variety of parent materials and sandstones that have eroded and been redeposited by wind and water. It occurs in areas with low to high levels of soil salinity and alkalinity.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30229-{B8724112-6789-4230-BE9B-AB0639EB33C7} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 09-Aug-2016 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Krascheninnikovia lanata Steppe & Dwarf-shrubland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688289 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL001320   Translated: Winterfat Dwarf-shrubland   Scientific: Krascheninnikovia lanata Dwarf-shrubland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Krascheninnikovia lanata Dwarf-shrubland (similar) CEGL001320