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Quercus turbinella - Baccharis sergiloides Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus turbinella - Baccharis sergiloides Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association is found in the New York Mountains in Mojave National Preserve, California. It is characterized by an open shrub canopy (3-30% cover) with <i>Quercus turbinella</i> as codominant in the shrub canopy and <i>Baccharis sergiloides</i> present and often codominant. Other wash-related and upland shrubs present may include <i>Artemisia ludoviciana, Ericameria linearifolia, Eriogonum wrightii, Fallugia paradoxa, Forestiera pubescens, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Lotus rigidus, Prunus fasciculata, Rhus trilobata</i>, and <i>Yucca baccata</i>. The herbaceous cover is variable (2-10%) and composed of diverse species such as <i>Achnatherum speciosum, Bouteloua curtipendula, Elymus elymoides, Erigeron divergens, Pellaea mucronata, Sphaeralcea ambigua</i>, and exotic annual grasses <i>Bromus diandrus, Bromus rubens</i>, and/ or <i>Bromus tectorum</i>. Scattered emergent <i>Pinus edulis</i> trees are often present (to 3% cover) with occasional <i>Chilopsis linearis, Fraxinus anomala, Juniperus osteosperma</i>, and <i>Pinus monophylla</i> sometimes present. Stands occur at mid to upper elevations in draws and drainages in desert mountains. Elevation ranges from approximately 1200 to 1850 m. Sites are primarily in moist to wet, rocky canyon drainages with gentle to somewhat steep slopes (5-15°). Substrates are composed of high cover of bedrock and boulders, sometimes with pools of standing water. Soils are sandy and primarily derived from granodiorite. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:37518-{C445203B-87D3-4238-A664-5F1326971DFC}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 23-Apr-2018 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.972101
  Code: CEPP006751
  Translated: Sonoran Scrub Oak - Desert Baccharis Shrubland
  Scientific: Quercus turbinella - Baccharis sergiloides Shrubland