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Yucca schidigera - Coleogyne ramosissima Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Yucca schidigera - Coleogyne ramosissima Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This desert scrub association is found at mid to upper elevations in Mojave Desert in California. It is characterized by an open to moderately dense shrub canopy (13-32% cover) codominated by <i>Yucca schidigera</i> and <i>Coleogyne ramosissima</i> with <i>Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa, Echinocereus engelmannii, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Krameria erecta</i>, and <i>Viguiera parishii</i> being characteristically present. Additional shrubs are often present. Occasional emergent <i>Pinus monophylla</i> or <i>Yucca brevifolia</i> trees are sometimes present. If present, the herbaceous layer is typically open and ranges to 17% cover with native grasses and forbs that include <i>Pleuraphis rigida, Adenophyllum porophylloides, Xylorhiza tortifolia</i>, and exotic annuals <i>Bromus rubens</i> and <i>Erodium cicutarium</i>. Stands occur on gravelly to cobbly upper bajadas, rolling hillslopes and ridges with bedrock outcrops, and along erosional highlands from 1000-1550 m elevation. Sites are on gentle to steep slopes on a variety of aspects. Soils usually range from clay loams to sandy loams, and are derived from a variety of substrates, such as alluvium, gneiss, and limestone. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34453-{B6082857-095E-4D5A-AEB5-248C8042C74A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 22-Nov-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.971783 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005780
  Translated: Mojave Yucca - Blackbrush Shrubland
  Scientific: Yucca schidigera - Coleogyne ramosissima Shrubland