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Allenrolfea occidentalis / Distichlis spicata Wet Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Allenrolfea occidentalis / Distichlis spicata Wet Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This shrubland association is found in the inland Great Valley, Mojave Desert and Great Basin in California and Nevada. It forms an open to intermittent shrub canopy (3-42% cover) that is dominated by <i>Allenrolfea occidentalis</i> with an open/intermittent to moderately dense herbaceous understory (5-90% cover) dominated by <i>Distichlis spicata</i>. If present, <i>Atriplex polycarpa</i> or <i>Suaeda moquinii</i> have low cover (&lt;5%). Common associated species include <i>Amsinckia menziesii, Bolboschoenus maritimus, Centromadia pungens, Frankenia salina, Hordeum depressum, Hordeum jubatum, Juncus cooperi, Lepidium dictyotum, Nitrophila occidentalis</i>, and introduced exotics <i>Bromus</i> spp., <i>Erodium cicutarium</i>, and <i>Hordeum marinum</i>. Stands occur at low-elevation alkaline/saline playas and basins. Elevation ranges from approximately 0 to 197 m. Slope is typically flat or gentle, as stands are found along alkaline stream terraces and along salt flats and alkaline seeps. Soils are derived primarily from alluvium, though fragments of volcanic and sandstone sediments may be present. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:37446-{3D3D7B58-22D8-4891-AAED-D6BF3ACD01E6}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 23-Apr-2018 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.971958
  Code: CEPP005788
  Translated: Iodinebush / Saltgrass Wet Shrubland
  Scientific: Allenrolfea occidentalis / Distichlis spicata Wet Shrubland