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Larrea tridentata - Ambrosia dumosa - Eriogonum fasciculatum Desert Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Larrea tridentata - Ambrosia dumosa - Eriogonum fasciculatum Desert Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This scrub association is found at mid to upper 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 (6-21% cover) codominated by <i>Larrea tridentata</i> with <i>Ambrosia dumosa</i> and <i>Eriogonum fasciculatum</i> characteristically present to codominant. Other shrubs frequently present include <i>Krameria erecta, Viguiera parishii</i>, and <i>Yucca schidigera</i>. If present, the herbaceous layer is sparse with native forb <i>Porophyllum gracile</i> and exotic annual grass <i>Bromus tectorum</i> most abundant. Stands occur on variable slope positions ranging from 700-1350 m elevation. Sites occur on gentle to steep slopes on variable aspects. Soils are sand and loams and are derived from a variety of substrates such as alkali-granite (alaskite), alluvium, basalt, granite, granodiorite, and rhyolite. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34433-{FD035E34-D1CA-4656-97CB-BE79FDE557EC}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 28-Nov-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.971714 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005760
  Translated: Creosotebush - Burrobush - Eastern Mojave Buckwheat Desert Shrubland
  Scientific: Larrea tridentata - Ambrosia dumosa - Eriogonum fasciculatum Desert Shrubland