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Hymenoclea salsola - Larrea tridentata Desert Wash Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Hymenoclea salsola - Larrea tridentata Desert Wash Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This desert scrub association is found at low to upper elevations in the Mojave Desert in California, Arizona and southern Nevada. Vegetation is characterized by an open to moderately dense shrub canopy (7-48% cover) dominated or codominated by <i>Hymenoclea salsola</i> with <i>Larrea tridentata</i> being codominant and <i>Ambrosia dumosa</i> often present. Occasional emergent <i>Yucca brevifolia</i> or <i>Chilopsis linearis</i> trees are sometimes present. If present, the herbaceous layer is typically sparse to open and composed of exotic annuals <i>Erodium cicutarium</i> and <i>Schismus</i> spp. Stands are found primarily in drainage channels, basins, and valley floors from 265-1425 m elevation. Sites typically occur on flat to gentle slopes on variable aspects, but occasionally are found on steep slopes. Substrates are typically coarse-textured alluvial soils, usually sand or loam often with high cover of gravel on the surface. Soils are derived from a variety of substrates but primarily alluvium. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34426-{97DFAE83-EB73-4CE5-AF4F-F4B4203A19A9}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 28-Nov-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.971687 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005753
  Translated: Burrobrush - Creosotebush Desert Wash Shrubland
  Scientific: Hymenoclea salsola - Larrea tridentata Desert Wash Shrubland