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Larrea tridentata - Ambrosia dumosa - Atriplex hymenelytra Desert Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Larrea tridentata - Ambrosia dumosa - Atriplex hymenelytra Desert Shrubland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This scrub association is found at low to mid elevations in the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin in Arizona, California and southern Nevada. Vegetation is characterized by an open to moderate shrub canopy (3-23% cover) codominated by <i>Ambrosia dumosa</i> and <i>Larrea tridentata</i> with <i>Atriplex hymenelytra</i> characteristically present to codominant. If present, the herbaceous layer is variable, ranging from sparse to open (to 16% cover) with native annual forb <i>Eriogonum inflatum</i> characteristic. It occurs on variable slope positions ranging from 100 to 1050 m elevation. Sites occur on gentle to steep slopes on variable aspects. Soils are variable and are derived from a variety of substrates such as alluvium, conglomerate, gravel, plutonic rock (phaneritic), and sandstone.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34431-{846C77A2-4F41-4E2E-BEA1-9595D556D915} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 28-Nov-2016 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Larrea tridentata - Ambrosia dumosa Bajada & Valley Desert Scrub Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.971706 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL005758   Translated: Creosotebush - Burrobush - Desert-holly Desert Shrubland   Scientific: Larrea tridentata - Ambrosia dumosa - Atriplex hymenelytra Desert Shrubland