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Chilopsis linearis / (Ambrosia eriocentra, Salvia dorrii) Desert Wash Scrub | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Chilopsis linearis / (Ambrosia eriocentra, Salvia dorrii) Desert Wash Scrub
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association occurs along intermittently flooded drainages in the Mojave Desert in California and Nevada. <i>Chilopsis linearis</i> is dominant and characteristic in the sparse to open tree overstory (2-19% cover). Other trees such as <i>Yucca brevifolia</i> may be present. The sparse to open shrub layer is variable and ranges from 2 to 23% cover. <i>Ambrosia eriocentra</i> and/or <i>Salvia dorrii</i> are dominant or codominant. A variety of other wash-associated shrubs may be present. Herb cover is also variable and ranges from 1 to 15% and commonly includes <i>Bromus rubens, Erodium cicutarium, Penstemon palmeri</i>, and <i>Sphaeralcea ambigua</i>. Stands are found at mid to upper elevations along intermittently flooded channel beds within arroyos and lowslope canyon drainages, and occasionally on slope/summit canyon drainages. Sites occur on gentle to moderate slopes (to 6°) between 700 and 1550 m elevation with no aspect preference. Soils are rapidly drained, loamy sand and sand derived from alluvium from a variety of substrates such as alkali-granite, granodiorite, limestone, and sandstone. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34415-{D408725E-C5DC-4563-B7FC-0BF0D0433C10}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 21-Nov-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.971576 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005742
  Translated: Desert-willow / (Woolly-fruit Bur-ragweed, Purple Sage) Desert Wash Scrub
  Scientific: Chilopsis linearis / (Ambrosia eriocentra, Salvia dorrii) Desert Wash Scrub