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Atriplex hymenelytra Sparse Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Atriplex hymenelytra Sparse Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This sparsely vegetated association is found scattered along gravelly bajadas and hillslopes across the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin in California and Nevada, and extends into the Colorado/Sonoran Deserts of California. Vegetation is characterized by scattered shrub cover (0.5-4%) with <i>Atriplex hymenelytra</i> present. Occasional <i>Ambrosia dumosa, Echinocactus polycephalus</i>, or <i>Larrea tridentata</i> may be present. Herbaceous cover ranges up to 6% and includes various species such as <i>Eriogonum inflatum, Atrichoseris platyphylla, Cryptantha</i> spp., <i>Geraea canescens, Plantago ovata</i>, and <i>Distichlis spicata</i>. Stands occur on typically usually hot, dry alluvial fans at low to mid elevations (-50 to 950 m). Slopes range from flat to steep (0-35°) on all landscape positions with primarily hot westerly aspects. Sites often have a well-developed desert pavement and may be dissected by small washes on older alluvial landforms, or on nutrient-poor gypsum or volcanic hills. Soils are usually a mixture of loam and sand and are derived typically from alluvium and sedimentary substrates such as sandstone, gypsum, and less frequently volcanic types including basalt and rhyolite. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:37456-{27E3DCDA-E0DC-4C71-8582-9E2ACADCE294}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 27-Jul-2018 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.971985
  Code: CEPP005798
  Translated: Desert-holly Sparse Shrubland
  Scientific: Atriplex hymenelytra Sparse Shrubland