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Salix exigua - Baccharis sergiloides Warm Desert Wet Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Salix exigua - Baccharis sergiloides Warm Desert Wet Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This riparian shrubland association is found at lower to upper elevations in the Mojave Desert in California and is characterized by an open to dense shrub canopy (17-94% cover) dominated by <i>Salix exigua</i> with <i>Baccharis sergiloides</i> present to codominant. Many other wash and upland shrubs may be present such as <i>Acacia greggii, Brickellia californica, Ephedra viridis, Ericameria linearifolia, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Gutierrezia microcephala, Lotus rigidus, Prunus fasciculata, Rhus trilobata, Stephanomeria pauciflora, Viguiera parishii, Yucca schidigera</i> and exotic <i>Tamarix ramosissima</i>. Herbaceous cover is generally low (1-10% cover) and composed of a variety of generally mesic to wet species. Scattered emergent <i>Prosopis glandulosa</i> or <i>Pinus monophylla</i> trees may be present (to 7% cover). Nonvascular plants include mosses. Stands are found from approximately 500 to 1500 m elevation, typically in spring-fed mountain drainages and canyon bottoms. Sites have gentle to moderate slopes (2-14°). Running water was present in most of the sites during spring and summer sampling. Soils are primarily sand and are derived from a variety of substrates such as alluvium, granodiorite, and limestone. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:37520-{84009AB1-358D-4C71-AC90-C8893DECAF88}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 23-Apr-2018 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.972104
  Code: CEPP006753
  Translated: Narrowleaf Willow - Desert Baccharis Warm Desert Wet Shrubland
  Scientific: Salix exigua - Baccharis sergiloides Warm Desert Wet Shrubland