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Tiquilia hispidissima / Sporobolus nealleyi Dwarf-shrub Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tiquilia hispidissima / Sporobolus nealleyi Dwarf-shrub Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association is primarily associated with secondary (alluvial deposited) gypsum outcrops that commonly occur as small patches in the bottoms of arid, alluvial basins in southern New Mexico (northern Chihuahuan Desert). This is a low-elevation type ranging from 1070 to 1525 m (3500-5000 feet) but occasionally extending up to 1980 m (6500 feet) on hillslope outcrops of southerly aspects. It is associated with hot and dry environments of gypsiorthid soils, and hence vegetation cover is usually sparse. <i>Sporobolus nealleyi</i> and <i>Tiquilia hispidissima</i> dominate, often in association with other gypsophilic species such as <i>Calylophus hartwegii</i> and <i>Selinocarpus lanceolatus</i> (although forb diversity is generally low). Non-gypsophilic shrubs are sometimes common such as <i>Atriplex canescens, Gutierrezia sarothrae</i>, and <i>Ephedra torreyana</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30455-{7C8BD9EB-7018-4E6E-AD58-80723E7CDC9F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684853 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001546
  Translated: Hairy Crinklemat / Gyp Dropseed Dwarf-shrub Grassland
  Scientific: Tiquilia hispidissima / Sporobolus nealleyi Dwarf-shrub Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001546
(similar) Tiquilia hispidissima / Sporobolus nealleyi Dwarf-shrubland
(similar) Tiquilia hispidissima / Sporobolus nealleyi Dwarf-shrubland