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Yucca elata / Bouteloua eriopoda Shrub Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Yucca elata / Bouteloua eriopoda Shrub Grassland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: On White Sands Missile Range this is a major community of the northern Jornada del Muerto basin as well as the Mockingbird, San Andres, and San Augustine Mountains. It is also known from the southern Jornada basin. This community is most abundant on rolling sandy plains and scattered along the upper slopes of alluvial fans. Elevation ranges from 1400 to 1950 m (4600-6400 feet). Soils are predominantly deep, coarse-textured loams, although argillic horizons may occasionally occur. Slope grades are mostly gentle, with little aspect differentiation. This Chihuahuan Desert grassland consists of thick and often luxuriant <i>Bouteloua eriopoda</i> with regularly scattered <i>Yucca elata</i> forming a conspicuous shrub layer. Other common shrub associates include <i>Gutierrezia sarothrae</i> and <i>Opuntia phaeacantha</i>. The herbaceous layer is highly diverse. Yet, among the 30 grasses known from the association, only <i>Sporobolus flexuosus</i> is an occasional codominant and well-represented. A wide variety of forbs are also possible (71 species). <i>Machaeranthera pinnatifida var. pinnatifida, Senecio flaccidus, Thelesperma megapotamicum</i>, and <i>Bahia absinthifolia</i> are the more constant species.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30644-{EC17CEDF-30F7-494B-80C2-14E531B7925C} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 30-Aug-2012 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Yucca elata - Ephedra torreyana / Bouteloua eriopoda Sandy Plains Semi-Desert Grassland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684227 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL001735   Translated: Soaptree Yucca / Black Grama Shrub Grassland   Scientific: Yucca elata / Bouteloua eriopoda Shrub Grassland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL001735 (similar) Yucca elata / Bouteloua eriopoda Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Yucca elata / Bouteloua eriopoda Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation