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Menodora spinescens - Atriplex confertifolia Scrub | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Menodora spinescens - Atriplex confertifolia Scrub
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This dwarf-shrubland association is found at upper elevations across the northern Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin, including Death Valley National Park in California and Nevada. It is characterized by an open to patchy shrub canopy (7-22% cover) dominated or codominated by <i>Menodora spinescens</i> with <i>Atriplex confertifolia</i> and <i>Lycium andersonii</i> usually present to codominant. Other shrubs may be present, including <i>Ephedra nevadensis, Hymenoclea salsola, Krascheninnikovia lanata</i>, and <i>Psorothamnus arborescens</i>. Occasional emergent <i>Yucca brevifolia</i> trees are sometimes present. If present, the herbaceous layer is open and composed of forbs <i>Eriogonum inflatum</i> and <i>Sphaeralcea ambigua</i>. Stands are on a variety of upland surfaces from toeslopes to midslopes extending onto the upper alluvial fans from approximately 1500 to 1950 m elevation. Sites are flat to moderately steep slopes on all aspects. Soils are typically coarse-textured, ranging from sand to loam, though sometimes include finer-textured soils and are most often derived from sedimentary and metamorphic substrates such as alluvium, sandstone, and limestone. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34442-{5F005A50-33D4-43B7-8B2C-53EA8E4D19A1}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 22-Nov-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.971747 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005769
  Translated: Spiny Menodora - Shadscale Saltbush Scrub
  Scientific: Menodora spinescens - Atriplex confertifolia Scrub