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Ephedra californica - Hymenoclea salsola Desert Wash Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Ephedra californica - Hymenoclea salsola Desert Wash Shrubland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This desert scrub association is found at low to mid elevations in the Colorado and Mojave deserts in California. Vegetation is characterized by an open to moderately dense shrub canopy (7-48% cover) dominated or codominated by <i>Ephedra californica</i> with <i>Hymenoclea salsola</i> being characteristically present to codominant. Other shrubs are often present, including <i>Acacia greggii, Ambrosia dumosa, Cleome isomeris, Encelia virginensis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Larrea tridentata, Lycium</i> spp., <i>Opuntia basilaris</i>, and <i>Viguiera parishii</i>. If present, the herbaceous layer is typically sparse to open, and composed of scattered <i>Adenophyllum cooperi, Chaenactis glabriuscula, Mirabilis laevis, Phacelia distans</i>, and <i>Pleuraphis rigida</i>; exotic species <i>Brassica tournefortii, Bromus rubens, Erodium cicutarium</i>, and <i>Schismus</i> spp. may be common in disturbed stands. Stands are found primarily in braided washes, arroyos, and drainage channels at 243-1200 m elevation and may extend into alluvial fans. Sites occur on flat to gentle slopes on variable aspects. Substrates are typically coarse-textured alluvial soils, usually sand or sandy loam often with high cover of gravel on the surface. Soils are derived from a variety of substrates such as alluvium and rhyolite.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31860-{D7B94612-3653-4E32-82C2-4BBBC3163F92} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 28-Nov-2016 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Ephedra californica - Ephedra trifurca Desert Wash Scrub Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684043 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002958   Translated: California Joint-fir - Burrobrush Desert Wash Shrubland   Scientific: Ephedra californica - Hymenoclea salsola Desert Wash Shrubland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Ephedra californica Shrubland [Placeholder] (similar) CEGL002958