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Flourensia cernua Lowland Basin Desert Scrub Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Flourensia cernua 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 characterize by the dominance of <i>Flourensia cernua</i> with low cover of common associated species <i>Atriplex canescens, Larrea tridentata, Lycium berlandieri, Cylindropuntia leptocaulis</i>, and <i>Prosopis glandulosa</i>. The understory ranges from barren or sparse to abundant graminoid cover dominated by <i>Sporobolus airoides, Pleuraphis mutica</i>, and intermittent patches of <i>Scleropogon brevifolius</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:38440-{610EE60F-7B9C-406D-9D5F-F0BB5231B39B} 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   Flourensia cernua / Pleuraphis mutica Shrubland   Flourensia cernua / Sporobolus airoides Shrubland		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899277 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A3152   Translated: American Tarwort Lowland Basin Desert Scrub Alliance   Common: American Tarwort Lowland Basin Scrub   Scientific: Flourensia cernua Lowland Basin Desert Scrub Alliance