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Prosopis glandulosa Ruderal Desert Sand Scrub Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Prosopis glandulosa Ruderal Desert Sand Scrub Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This is a major ruderal alliance of the Tularosa Basin and occasional within the southern Jornada del Muerto of New Mexico. These open-canopied shrublands are characterized by patches of <i>Prosopis glandulosa</i> shrubs that form coppice dunes on a sandsheet. The interdune areas may be sparse to moderately abundant with shrubs, grasses, and forbs such as <i>Atriplex canescens, Baileya multiradiata, Dimorphocarpa wislizeni, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Psorothamnus scoparius, Sporobolus flexuosus, Suaeda moquinii</i> (on alluvial sites), and <i>Yucca elata</i>. Stands occur in low-elevation alluvial flats or basins and form extensive coppice dunefields. Surface soils (sand to loamy sand) typically overlie more developed, clayey subsoils (Haplargids). However, alluvial sites include sandy loams, cobbles on the surface, and may have alkaline soils. The surface topography is characterized by rolling sandy hummocks or steep dunes. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38423-{035371AB-2B4D-47D7-96B4-764607D198C7}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 21-Dec-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899260 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3135
  Translated: Honey Mesquite Ruderal Desert Sand Scrub Alliance
  Common: Ruderal Honey Mesquite Desert Sand Scrub
  Scientific: Prosopis glandulosa Ruderal Desert Sand Scrub Alliance