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Leymus salinus Shale Sparse Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Leymus salinus Shale Sparse Vegetation
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This generally sparse association is found in the Colorado Plateau of southeastern Utah, northern Arizona and western Colorado. Total vegetation cover is characteristically sparse (&lt;10%) but ranges widely, from 3 to 55% depending on aspect and slope. The tall bunchgrass <i>Leymus salinus</i> is visually dominant, with between 2 and 10% cover. Freeze-thaw, shrink-swell action, frequent rolling rocks and sheet erosion of the clay soils tend to create bare areas between the scattered bunches of <i>Leymus salinus</i> and dwarf-shrubs such as <i>Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. stenophyllus, Gutierrezia sarothrae</i>, and <i>Atriplex confertifolia</i>, which total between 1 and 5% cover. Stands typically occur on cool, sparsely vegetated badland slopes of Chinle, Mancos, Morrison, or other shale formations. Elevations range between 1341 and 1971 m (4400-6465 feet), and slopes tend to be north- to east-facing and moderately steep to steep (38-71% slope). The physical appearance of the community is characterized by a moderate cover of colluvial rocks and blocks fallen from sandstone ledges above the stand. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31650-{07C31A70-3C98-45F8-8951-B6B960C40881}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 14-Jul-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687754 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002745
  Translated: Saline Wildrye Shale Sparse Vegetation
  Common: Saline Wildrye Tableland
  Scientific: Leymus salinus Shale Sparse Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002745
(similar) Leymus salinus Shale Sparse Vegetation
(similar) Leymus salinus Shale Sparse Vegetation