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Ericameria nauseosa / Pleuraphis jamesii - (Hesperostipa comata) Shrub Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Ericameria nauseosa / Pleuraphis jamesii - (Hesperostipa comata) Shrub Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This shrub herbaceous association is currently only known from Wupatki National Monument in Arizona, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. This association occurs over a wide range of elevations from 1400-1680 m (4593-5512 feet) and slopes from 0-45%. All examples contain cinder soils with some of them also containing remnant basaltic lava flow or a limestone component. Total vegetation cover ranges from 25-80% with most of that cover found in the herbaceous layer. The total species diversity ranges from 6-16 species within the 10 sampled plots. The shrub layer is dominated by <i>Ericameria nauseosa</i>. <i>Pleuraphis jamesii</i> is the dominant understory species. <i>Hesperostipa comata</i> is also a frequent but less dominant understory component. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31898-{2ABB60E1-1EE6-4579-A02C-A2EC3962B587}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 06-May-2010 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687431 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002996
  Translated: Rubber Rabbitbrush / James' Galleta - (Needle-and-Thread) Shrub Grassland
  Scientific: Ericameria nauseosa / Pleuraphis jamesii - (Hesperostipa comata) Shrub Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002996
(similar) Ericameria nauseosa / Pleuraphis jamesii - (Hesperostipa comata) Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Ericameria nauseosa / Pleuraphis jamesii - (Hesperostipa comata) Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation