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Quercus grisea / Juniperus deppeana Scrub Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus grisea / Juniperus deppeana Scrub Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This woodland occurs in western Texas, southeastern Arizona, and likely southern New Mexico and northern Mexico. Stands occur in mountains, foothills, bajadas and canyon bottoms. Elevation of a stand at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is 1362 m (4470 feet). Soils are shallow, gravelly or stony sandy loams or sandy clay loams, derived from a mixture of alluvium and colluvium. The vegetation is characterized by an open to moderately dense evergreen tree layer (10-60% cover) codominated by <i>Quercus grisea</i> and <i>Juniperus deppeana</i>. The tree canopy is typically 5-10 m tall. Stands range from open woodland/savanna at lower elevations to moderately dense woodland at higher elevations and in canyon bottoms. There may be a sparse to moderately dense shrub layer dominated by <i>Juniperus deppeana</i> or <i>Quercus grisea</i>. Other characteristic shrubs include <i>Bouvardia ternifolia, Cercocarpus montanus, Erythrina flabelliformis, Garrya wrightii, Morus microphylla</i>, or <i>Rhus trilobata</i>. Vines such as <i>Sageretia wrightii</i> and <i>Vitis arizonica</i> are common in riparian stands. The herbaceous layer is generally sparse, but the often diverse forb layer may include <i>Artemisia ludoviciana, Cheilanthes</i> spp., <i>Hybanthus attenuatus, Mirabilis</i> spp., <i>Muhlenbergia dumosa, Muhlenbergia rigens, Pellaea atropurpurea</i>, and <i>Thalictrum fendleri</i>. Diagnostic of this association is the codominance of <i>Quercus grisea</i> and <i>Juniperus deppeana</i> in the tree canopy and/or shrub layer. The herbaceous layer is generally sparse. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32394-{E8A0187D-041D-4E43-B0A9-B5DC6AB09A24}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 16-Aug-2007 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686677 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003521
  Translated: Gray Oak / Alligator Juniper Scrub Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus grisea / Juniperus deppeana Scrub Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL003521
(similar) Quercus grisea / Juniperus deppeana Woodland
(similar) Quercus grisea / Juniperus deppeana Woodland