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Encelia actonii Desert Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Encelia actonii Desert Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This desert scrub association is found at low to upper elevations in California in the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin west to the southeastern Great Valley and inner southern California mountains and valleys. Vegetation is characterized by an open to moderately dense shrub canopy (7-48% cover) dominated by <i>Encelia actonii</i>. Other shrubs characteristically present are <i>Hymenoclea salsola, Larrea tridentata</i>, and <i>Stephanomeria pauciflora</i>. If present, the herbaceous layer is typically sparse (to 8% cover), composed of scattered <i>Eriogonum inflatum, Sphaeralcea ambigua</i>, and exotic annual grass <i>Bromus rubens</i>. Stands are found primarily in intermittently flooded arroyos, canyons bottoms, wash areas and adjacent alluvial fans, road cuts, and other substrates with recent disturbance. Elevation ranges from 243-1610 m. Sites occur on flat to steep slopes (to 37°) on variable aspects. Substrates are typically coarse-textured alluvial soils, usually sand or loam often with high cover of gravel or cobble on the surface. Soils are derived from a variety of substrates such as alluvium, rhyolite, and sandstone that are frequently calcareous. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34421-{582E7D47-95CA-43EC-A05F-E332EBAC7588}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 28-Nov-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.971595 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005748
  Translated: Acton's Brittlebush Desert Shrubland
  Scientific: Encelia actonii Desert Shrubland