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Artemisia tridentata / Sporobolus cryptandrus - Achnatherum hymenoides Shrub Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Artemisia tridentata / Sporobolus cryptandrus - Achnatherum hymenoides Shrub Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association is known only from the upper Rio Puerco watershed in northwestern New Mexico where it occurs on alluvial flats with weakly developed, loamy to mixed shallow soils (Entisols) at an average elevation of 2135 m (7000 feet). Bare soil is extensive and total plant cover is low (21.8%). Although there is high species diversity, only seven species contributed to more than 80% of this cover. They are in order of percent cover: <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus, Artemisia tridentata, Eriogonum</i> spp., <i>Sporobolus contractus, Achnatherum hymenoides</i>, Asteraceae spp., and <i>Machaeranthera pinnatifida</i>. Canopy cover for <i>Achnatherum hymenoides</i> is very low (0.4%) and therefore probably should not be considered in the community type name. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30454-{811388DA-C910-4E4E-851D-7BFE486F5842}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 27-Jul-1993 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684238 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001545
  Translated: Big Sagebrush / Sand Dropseed - Indian Ricegrass Shrub Grassland
  Scientific: Artemisia tridentata / Sporobolus cryptandrus - Achnatherum hymenoides Shrub Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Artemisia tridentata / Sporobolus cryptandrus - Achnatherum hymenoides Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) CEGL001545
(similar) Artemisia tridentata / Sporobolus cryptandrus - Achnatherum hymenoides Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation