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Suaeda moquinii Wet Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Suaeda moquinii Wet Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: These shrublands occur in alkaline desert basins or playas in Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and southern and eastern California. The vegetation has a generally sparse shrub layer that is less than 1.5 m tall and strongly dominated by <i>Suaeda moquinii</i> with scattered <i>Atriplex polycarpa, Atriplex canescens, Allenrolfea occidentalis</i>, or <i>Sarcobatus vermiculatus</i> in some stands. The sparse herbaceous layer may include the forbs <i>Bassia hyssopifolia</i> and <i>Salicornia depressa</i>. Graminoids are not abundant except for <i>Distichlis spicata</i> and occasional <i>Sporobolus airoides</i> or <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus</i>. The adjacent shrublands are dominated by <i>Sarcobatus vermiculatus</i> or <i>Atriplex</i> spp. Sites are generally flat to gently sloping saline valley bottoms, floodplains and playas, saline seeps, and along intermittent washes at elevations ranging from sea level to 1640 m (5381 feet). Soils are deep, saline, alkaline clay loams. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30900-{D9DA4EAC-BCEA-4AEB-A8F9-DDA9E6F609BD}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 14-Jul-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686640 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001991
  Translated: Mojave Seablite Wet Shrubland
  Scientific: Suaeda moquinii Wet Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Suaeda moquinii Shrubland
(similar) CEGL001991
(similar) Suaeda moquinii Shrubland