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Fouquieria splendens / Petrophytum caespitosum Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Fouquieria splendens / Petrophytum caespitosum Shrubland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This Chihuahuan Desert shrubland association is a limited endemic community known from four occurrences in the San Andres Mountains (Sheep Mountain and Big Gyp Mountain) and the Sierra Oscura of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico (it is potentially present in the Guadalupe Mountains of southern New Mexico). It occurs at elevations of 1650-2010 m (5400-6600 feet) and is limited to limestone outcrops with extensive areas of exposed bedrock. <i>Cercocarpus montanus</i> is often a codominant shrub with <i>Fouquieria splendens</i>. <i>Petrophytum caespitosum</i> is diagnostic in the herb layer, growing among the cracks in the limestone bedrock.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30288-{12884AE7-9201-41EA-82B3-855A46E5A22D} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Fouquieria splendens Chihuahuan Desert Succulent Scrub Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683714 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL001379   Translated: Ocotillo / Tufted Rockmat Shrubland   Scientific: Fouquieria splendens / Petrophytum caespitosum Shrubland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL001379 (similar) Fouquieria splendens / Petrophyton caespitosum Shrubland (similar) Fouquieria splendens / Petrophyton caespitosum Shrubland