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Sporobolus airoides - Scleropogon brevifolius Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Sporobolus airoides - Scleropogon brevifolius Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: On White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, this is a major community of the northern Jornada del Muerto and Tularosa basins, extending into the lower elevation interior valleys of the San Andres and Oscura mountains. This community mainly occurs in swales, drainage ways, small depressions, and alluvial flats of the basin floor and piedmont. Soils are generally heavy clays but patches of sandy soils may occur in the basin. Elevation range is 1160 to 1650 m (3800-5400 feet). This dense grassland is characterized by a luxuriant cover of <i>Sporobolus airoides</i> with patches of abundant <i>Scleropogon brevifolius</i> and, to a lesser extent, <i>Pleuraphis mutica</i>, that can reach as much as 30% cover. Overall, diversity is moderate (75 species), though most species are present at very low cover. Shrubs are scarce. <i>Atriplex canescens</i> may be present but seldom exceeds 5% cover. Of the 38 forbs recorded, many are weedy ruderal species such as <i>Salsola kali</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30601-{9CCF5A42-1706-483F-9A77-7914537423DF}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 30-Aug-2012 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684773 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001692
  Translated: Alkali Sacaton - Burrograss Grassland
  Scientific: Sporobolus airoides - Scleropogon brevifolius Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001692
(similar) Sporobolus airoides - Scleropogon brevifolius Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Sporobolus airoides - Scleropogon brevifolius Herbaceous Vegetation