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Menodora spinescens Scrub Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Menodora spinescens Scrub Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This upland shrubland alliance occurs locally in the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin. The vegetation is characterized by an open, xeromorphic, short-shrub layer (0.5-2 m tall) that is dominated or codominated by <i>Menodora spinescens</i>. Other shrubs and dwarf-shrubs present may include <i>Picrothamnus desertorum, Atriplex confertifolia, Coleogyne ramosissima, Ephedra nevadensis, Hymenoclea salsola, Krascheninnikovia lanata, Lepidium fremontii, Lycium andersonii, Sphaeralcea ambigua</i>, and <i>Tetradymia axillaris</i>. Emergent <i>Yucca brevifolia</i> may be scattered through the stand with very low cover (&lt;1% cover) Herbaceous cover is sparse or absent. Stands are found on ridges, hills, slopes and upper bajadas. Elevation ranges from 900 to 1500 m. Substrates are shallow, rocky soils derived from bedrock or alluvium. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38350-{FDFBB067-5A9C-4D45-A46A-B63F64ECD905}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 11-Nov-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899197 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A2515
  Translated: Spiny Menodora Scrub Alliance
  Common: Spiny Menodora Scrub
  Scientific: Menodora spinescens Scrub Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) A.2515
(similar) Menodora spinescens Dwarf-shrubland Alliance