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Zuckia brandegeei Sparse Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Zuckia brandegeei Sparse Vegetation
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This sparsely vegetated association is common in the Colorado Plateau of northern Arizona and southern and eastern Utah. The vegetation has a sparse canopy consisting of <i>Zuckia brandegeei</i> with scattered <i>Atriplex confertifolia</i> and <i>Gutierrezia microcephala</i>. The herbaceous layer is low in diversity and provides sparse cover. The bunchgrasses <i>Leymus salinus</i> and <i>Pleuraphis jamesii</i> are present. Forbs include <i>Platyschkuhria integrifolia</i> and <i>Xylorhiza venusta</i>. Stands are found on plateaus, plains, alluvial fans, steep colluvial and badlands slopes or shale hogbacks. It is also found on eroding shales of the high plateaus of southern Utah. Elevation ranges from 1341-2078 m (4397-6815 feet). The soil is rapidly drained clay loam derived from shales such as the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation or Chinle, Moenkopi, Tropic Shale and Curtis formations. The unvegetated surface typically has high cover of shale chips, sandstone rocks, basalt gravel, conglomerate or petrified wood forming a desert pavement surface. Exposure of bare soil is low. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31401-{DC1AB2A9-A40C-4D5B-8267-BCA520CC7C04}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 14-Jul-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.769483 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002493
  Translated: Siltbush Sparse Vegetation
  Scientific: Zuckia brandegeei Sparse Vegetation
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