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Chrysothamnus albidus Shrubland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Chrysothamnus albidus Shrubland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: Stands have a sparse woody layer dominated by the microphyllous evergreen shrub <i>Chrysothamnus albidus</i>. The herbaceous layer is sparse to possibly moderately dense, but no cover values are available. The most frequent species are the graminoids <i>Muhlenbergia richardsonis</i> and <i>Puccinellia nuttalliana</i>. Other scattered species include <i>Crepis runcinata, Distichlis spicata</i>, and <i>Nitrophila occidentalis</i>. Adjacent vegetation includes sparse shrublands dominated by <i>Atriplex confertifolia, Pyrrocoma uniflora var. uniflora</i>, and <i>Distichlis spicata</i> or <i>Sarcobatus vermiculatus</i>-dominated herbaceous community. Stands included in this shrubland alliance occur around seeps, saline meadows and flats, and around pluvial lakes in the Great Basin. The climate is arid; mean annual precipitation is generally less than 15 cm. Summers are hot and winters are cold. Elevations range from 1450-1900 m. Described stands occur on mesic sites on the nearly flat lakeplain where groundwater reaches the soil surface at some time during the growing season. Soils are generally deep, fine-textured (silty clay), poorly drained, calcareous, alkaline and saline. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38115-{35D471DD-FB42-445F-A338-0524409731A5}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 14-Mar-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899030 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A0834
  Translated: White-flower Rabbitbrush Shrubland Alliance
  Common: White-flower Rabbitbrush Shrubland
  Scientific: Chrysothamnus albidus Shrubland Alliance