Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Ericameria nauseosa / Muhlenbergia pungens - Achnatherum hymenoides Shrub Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
  click to update datacart
Name: Ericameria nauseosa / Muhlenbergia pungens - Achnatherum hymenoides Shrub Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This shrub herbaceous association is currently only known from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. This association occurs on sandsheets at 2300 to 2505 m elevation. Terrain is flat with ground cover dominated by bare soil. Vegetation is sparse for both shrub and herbaceous species. <i>Ericameria nauseosa</i> is the dominant shrub species with 10-20% cover. Dominant herbaceous species include <i>Muhlenbergia pungens</i> and <i>Achnatherum hymenoides</i>. Other commonly occurring species with low cover values include <i>Sporobolus airoides, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, Psoralidium lanceolatum, Opuntia polyacantha, Lygodesmia juncea, Hesperostipa comata</i>, and <i>Eriogonum cernuum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31823-{52665FC7-27F9-475B-A44F-84AA8952F12D}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 06-May-2010 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689429 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002921
  Translated: Rubber Rabbitbrush / Sandhill Muhly - Indian Ricegrass Shrub Grassland
  Scientific: Ericameria nauseosa / Muhlenbergia pungens - Achnatherum hymenoides Shrub Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Ericameria nauseosa / Muhlenbergia pungens - Achnatherum hymenoides Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) CEGL002921
(similar) Ericameria nauseosa / Muhlenbergia pungens - Achnatherum hymenoides Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation