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Larrea tridentata - Ambrosia dumosa - Cylindropuntia (acanthocarpa, ramosissima) Desert Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Larrea tridentata - Ambrosia dumosa - Cylindropuntia (acanthocarpa, ramosissima) Desert Shrubland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association is found across the Mojave Desert and southeastern Great Basin, and is found in the Chocolate Mountains and Valleys of the Sonoran Desert in California, with an open to intermittent shrub canopy codominated by <i>Larrea tridentata</i> and <i>Ambrosia dumosa</i> with <i>Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa</i> and/or <i>Cylindropuntia ramosissima</i> characteristically present and often codominant. Other shrubs often present include <i>Cylindropuntia echinocarpa, Echinocereus engelmannii, Krameria erecta, Salazaria mexicana</i>, and <i>Thamnosma montana</i>. Herbaceous cover is usually sparse to open with associates <i>Pleuraphis rigida</i> and <i>Xylorhiza tortifolia</i>. Stands occur along gravelly to cobbly upper bajadas near bouldery mountain slopes that transition to mid-elevation mixed scrub associations with <i>Eriogonum fasciculatum</i> and <i>Yucca schidigera</i>. It occurs at low to mid elevations ranging from approximately 240 to 1100 m, with an average of 735 m on variable aspects on slopes ranging from gentle to somewhat steep (1-17°). Sites may endure grazing from livestock, where the spiny cacti often increase in cover at the expense of other shrubs.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:37486-{B7AFD32E-3D85-44BD-94DA-02CC09034F62} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 27-Jul-2018 to: ongoing
	status: provisional Community's Parent: Larrea tridentata - Ambrosia dumosa Bajada & Valley Desert Scrub Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.971996   Code: CEPP006719   Translated: Creosotebush - Burrobush - (Buckhorn Cholla, Branched Pencil Cholla) Desert Shrubland   Scientific: Larrea tridentata - Ambrosia dumosa - Cylindropuntia (acanthocarpa, ramosissima) Desert Shrubland