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Atriplex canescens Lowland Basin Desert Scrub Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Atriplex canescens Lowland Basin Desert Scrub Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This alliance includes extensive open-canopied shrublands of lowland, often somewhat saline basins in the Chihuahuan Desert, and is characterized by the dominance of <i>Atriplex canescens</i> with saline indicator species <i>Allenrolfea occidentalis, Sarcocornia utahensis, Suaeda moquinii</i>, or other halophytic plants that may be present to codominant. Scattered invasive <i>Prosopis glandulosa</i> may also be present. The understory ranges from barren or sparse to abundant graminoid cover dominated by <i>Distichlis spicata, Panicum obtusum, Pleuraphis mutica, Scleropogon brevifolius, Sporobolus airoides</i>, or <i>Sporobolus wrightii</i> .Stands often occur on alluvial flats and around playas, as well as in floodplains. Substrates are generally fine-textured, often saline soils.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38439-{604BE25B-EFE9-4C6A-ABBB-C0F617F99B28} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Atriplex canescens - Flourensia cernua Lowland Basin Scrub Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Atriplex canescens / Parthenium confertum Shrubland   Atriplex canescens / Sporobolus wrightii Shrubland		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899276 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A3151   Translated: Fourwing Saltbush Lowland Basin Desert Scrub Alliance   Common: Fourwing Saltbush Lowland Basin Scrub   Scientific: Atriplex canescens Lowland Basin Desert Scrub Alliance