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Chilopsis linearis / Hymenoclea salsola Desert Wash Scrub | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Chilopsis linearis / Hymenoclea salsola Desert Wash Scrub
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association occurs along intermittently flooded drainages in the Mojave Desert in California and southern Nevada. <i>Chilopsis linearis</i> is dominant and characteristic in the sparse to open tree overstory (1-40% cover). The sparse to moderately dense shrub layer is variable, ranging from 2 to 26% cover, and is dominated or codominated by <i>Hymenoclea salsola</i> with 1-10% cover. <i>Ephedra californica</i> and <i>Cleome isomeris</i> may be present to codominant in shrub layer. A variety of other wash-associated shrubs may be present. Herbaceous cover is sparse and commonly includes introduced species <i>Bromus madritensis, Bromus rubens, Erodium cicutarium</i>, and <i>Schismus</i> spp. on disturbed sites. Stands are found at low to mid elevations along intermittently flooded drainages that are braided and scoured, primarily in arroyos, washes, or canyons. Sites occur on low to mid slopes between 580 and 1200 m elevation often with southerly aspects. Soils are rapidly drained medium to coarse sand derived from alluvium from a variety of substrates such as granite, granodiorite, rhyolite, limestone and sandstone. Over 80% of the ground surface is gravel and fine sediment. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34417-{F90E7F82-CA85-4AE8-8028-5BA2A6627343}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 21-Nov-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.971583 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005744
  Translated: Desert-willow / Burrobrush Desert Wash Scrub
  Scientific: Chilopsis linearis / Hymenoclea salsola Desert Wash Scrub