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Acacia greggii - Prunus fasciculata Desert Wash Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Acacia greggii - Prunus fasciculata Desert Wash Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This desert scrub association is found at mid to upper elevations in the Mojave Desert in California. It is characterized by an open to moderately dense shrub canopy (6-45% cover) codominated by <i>Acacia greggii</i> and <i>Prunus fasciculata</i>. Additional shrubs are often present. Occasional emergent <i>Yucca brevifolia</i> or <i>Chilopsis linearis</i> trees are sometimes present with &lt;3% cover. If present, the herbaceous layer is variable, ranging up to 23% cover. Commonly associated native grasses and forbs include <i>Achnatherum speciosum, Mirabilis laevis</i>, and <i>Sphaeralcea ambigua</i>, and exotic annuals include <i>Bromus rubens</i> and <i>Erodium cicutarium</i>. Stand are found primarily in canyons, arroyos, and drainage channels at 700-1600 m elevation. Sites are gentle to steep slopes on primarily southerly aspects. Substrates are typically coarse-textured soils, usually coarse to fine sand (rarely with fine-textured soils), and often with cobbles and gravel on the surface. Soils are variable, ranging from sands to clay loams and derived from a variety of substrates. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34411-{469CB6BA-3685-4FEC-BA5C-6FB488844FE9}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 28-Nov-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.971564 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005738
  Translated: Catclaw Acacia - Desert Almond Desert Wash Shrubland
  Scientific: Acacia greggii - Prunus fasciculata Desert Wash Shrubland