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Menodora spinescens - (Ephedra nevadensis) Dwarf-shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Menodora spinescens - (Ephedra nevadensis) Dwarf-shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This dwarf-shrubland association is found at mid to upper elevations across the northern Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin in California and Nevada. It is characterized by a patchy, open to moderately dense shrub canopy (8-45% cover) dominated or codominated by <i>Menodora spinescens</i> with <i>Ephedra nevadensis, Ericameria cooperi, Grayia spinosa</i>, and <i>Lycium andersonii</i> usually present to codominate. Other shrubs are often present. Occasional emergent <i>Yucca brevifolia</i> trees are sometimes present. If present, the herbaceous layer is variable, ranging from sparse to moderately dense, and composed of a mixture of grasses and forbs. Stands often cover large areas on upper alluvial fans to rolling hillslopes up to ridgetops from 1050 to 1900 m elevation. Sites occur on gentle to moderately steep slopes on all aspects. Soils typically range from sand to loam derived from sedimentary substrates such as mixed alluvium and sandstone, but can include finer-textured soils and can be derived from a variety of other parent materials. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31672-{EE058500-D777-46EF-81C9-F2D3123A9AB2}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 22-Nov-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683696 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002767
  Translated: Spiny Menodora - (Nevada Joint-fir) Dwarf-shrubland
  Scientific: Menodora spinescens - (Ephedra nevadensis) Dwarf-shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002767
(similar) Menodora spinescens Dwarf-shrubland [Placeholder]