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Fouquieria splendens - Calliandra eriophylla Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Fouquieria splendens - Calliandra eriophylla Shrubland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This shrubland occurs in southern Arizona, typically on gentle to moderate slopes of ridges, foothills and mountain canyons. Sites may occur on any aspect but are typically found on warmer southern and western aspects. Plot data from Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge indicate an elevational range of 1090-1290 m (3580-4230 feet) on well-drained sandy loam. Substrates are often rocky with 10-50% surface rock. The vegetation is characterized by a moderately dense (30-60% cover), short-shrub canopy dominated by <i>Calliandra eriophylla</i> (20% cover or more) and a tall-shrub layer dominated by <i>Fouquieria splendens</i> with 10% or more cover. <i>Prosopis velutina</i> has low cover (&lt;10%) and does not codominate the tall-shrub layer. Other shrubs include <i>Acacia greggii, Dasylirion wheeleri</i>, and <i>Mimosa dysocarpa</i>. The herbaceous layer is open to moderately dense (10-50% cover) and is dominated by mixed perennial graminoids. Characteristic species are <i>Aristida ternipes, Bothriochloa barbinodis, Bouteloua chondrosioides, Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua repens</i>, and <i>Setaria macrostachya</i>. Other common species include <i>Evolvulus arizonicus, Gutierrezia microcephala, Janusia gracilis, Krameria erecta, Mammillaria grahamii, Cylindropuntia versicolor, Opuntia engelmannii</i>, and <i>Phemeranthus aurantiacus</i>. <i>Eragrostis lehmanniana</i> may be present but has less than 25% cover and less than a third of the total perennial graminoid cover.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34097-{9BA06469-C5D3-4445-B1DA-0B6CB2A57BE1} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 21-Aug-2007 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Fouquieria splendens - Calliandra eriophylla - Parthenium incanum Desert Scrub Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.806351 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL005334   Translated: Ocotillo - Fairy Duster Shrubland   Scientific: Fouquieria splendens - Calliandra eriophylla Shrubland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Fouquieria splendens - Calliandra eriophylla Shrubland