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Prosopis glandulosa / Pluchea sericea Wet Scrub | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Prosopis glandulosa / Pluchea sericea Wet Scrub
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This wet scrub association is found in the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada, and in the Colorado Desert, in California. It is characterized by an open to continuous short-tree canopy (7-67% cover) dominated by <i>Prosopis glandulosa</i> with a variable shrub layer (7-63% cover) dominated or codominated by <i>Pluchea sericea</i>. Other shrubs may include <i>Atriplex</i> spp., <i>Baccharis sergiloides, Bebbia juncea, Ericameria</i> spp., <i>Suaeda moquinii</i>, and exotic <i>Tamarix</i> spp. The herbaceous layer is variable and may include <i>Schoenoplectus americanus, Solidago</i> spp., and <i>Sporobolus airoides</i>. The herb understory is also variable and ranges from 0 to 51% cover. Stands occur at low elevations (from 0-600 m, averaging 187 m) on gentle to somewhat steep slopes (1-18°) with eastern to southern aspects. Sites include spring-fed drainages and marshes, lake-edge drawdown areas, and springs and seeps adjacent to mudhills and badlands where soil moisture is perennially available. Soils are alkaline alluvium derived primarily from granodiorite and sandstone. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:37504-{85605952-E1FA-4626-A11F-1142FD636C80}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Jul-2018 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.972025
  Code: CEPP006737
  Translated: Honey Mesquite / Arrow-weed Wet Scrub
  Scientific: Prosopis glandulosa / Pluchea sericea Wet Scrub