Name:
Parkinsonia florida - Olneya tesota Desert Wash Scrub Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
<i>Olneya tesota</i> and/or <i>Parkinsonia florida</i> are codominant, or either species is dominant, in the tree or tall-shrub canopy with <i>Chilopsis linearis, Fouquieria splendens, Prosopis glandulosa, Prosopis pubescens</i>, and <i>Psorothamnus spinosus</i>. Shrubs may include <i>Acacia greggii, Ambrosia dumosa, Bebbia juncea, Calliandra eriophylla, Colubrina californica, Encelia farinosa, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Hymenoclea salsola, Hyptis emoryi, Justicia californica, Larrea tridentata, Lycium andersonii, Lycium brevipes, Cylindropuntia echinocarpa</i>, and/or <i>Simmondsia chinensis</i>. This alliance is found in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts of California, Arizona and Baja California, Mexico. It occurs along desert arroyo margins, seasonal watercourses and washes, bottomlands, middle and upper bajadas and alluvial fans, and lower slopes. Soils are sandy, well-drained, and derived from alluvium or colluvium.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38079-{9814D474-7450-449F-9800-69C0EF9F5A73}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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