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Tiquilia latior / Sporobolus airoides Dwarf-shrub Wet Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tiquilia latior / Sporobolus airoides Dwarf-shrub Wet Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This dwarf-shrubland association is currently only known from Wupatki National Monument in Arizona, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. This association is found at an elevation of 1300 m (4265 feet) with no slope. The substrate consists of red sand, black cinders, and relict Pleistocene river cobbles. Total vegetation cover is 22% with 16% in the shrub layer and 5% in the ground layer. Species diversity consists of 8 species. The dwarf-shrub layer is dominated by <i>Tiquilia latior</i>, and the herbaceous layer is dominated by <i>Sporobolus airoides</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34466-{A3094A5D-BB1A-42C8-A8BA-12BBF423FD7D}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 06-Apr-2012 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687670 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005809
  Translated: Matted Crinklemat / Alkali Sacaton Dwarf-shrub Wet Meadow
  Scientific: Tiquilia latior / Sporobolus airoides Dwarf-shrub Wet Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Tiquilia latior / Sporobolus airoides Dwarf-shrubland