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Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata / Sporobolus cryptandrus Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata / Sporobolus cryptandrus Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This shrubland association was sampled once in Canyonlands National Park in eastern Utah and occurs in an intermittent wash on a stream terrace at 1680 m elevation. The site is flat and has high cover of litter and moderate exposure of bare soil. Biological soil crusts have up to 25% cover, although they are usually not highly developed, and soils are rapidly drained silt loams derived from alluvium. Total vegetation cover sampled was 56%. Vegetation is characterized by an open shrub layer (&lt;25% cover) of <i>Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata</i> with scattered <i>Atriplex canescens</i> and <i>Ephedra viridis</i>. The succulent <i>Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea</i> contributes more than a third of the total cover. Herbaceous species have up to 15% cover; the most conspicuous species is <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus</i> (10% cover). Other herbaceous species include plants typical of sandy, somewhat alkaline areas: <i>Achnatherum hymenoides, Hesperostipa comata, Abronia fragrans, Oenothera pallida</i>, and <i>Sphaeralcea parvifolia</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32686-{5DA6591C-69B4-4995-A1F6-60396E693D63}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 19-Oct-2007 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.793474 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003826
  Translated: Basin Big Sagebrush / Sand Dropseed Shrubland
  Scientific: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata / Sporobolus cryptandrus Shrubland
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