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Fouquieria splendens Chihuahuan Desert Succulent Scrub Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Fouquieria splendens Chihuahuan Desert Succulent Scrub Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: Stands in this Chihuahuan Desert open succulent scrub alliance are characterized by a wide variety of shrubs and dwarf-shrubs and succulents, of which <i>Fouquieria splendens</i> is a conspicuous dominant. <i>Parthenium incanum, Cercocarpus montanus</i> (at higher elevation), or other Chihuahuan Desert scrub or succulent species such as <i>Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, Opuntia phaeacantha, Opuntia macrocentra, Dasylirion wheeleri, Acacia neovernicosa</i>, and <i>Viguiera stenoloba</i> often present to codominant. Grass cover typically is less than 5% and seldom exceeds 10% cover. The most common grasses are <i>Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua eriopoda</i>, and <i>Muhlenbergia porteri</i>. Forbs are moderately diverse and scattered. <i>Petrophytum caespitosum</i> is a characteristic species in the herb layer, growing among the cracks in the limestone bedrock. Stands typically occur on steep (20-50%), rocky, limestone slopes of interior mountain canyons and escarpments at elevations of 1420 to 2010 m. Aspects are predominantly southerly. It also can extend downslope onto upper alluvial fan piedmonts. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38447-{47ADAC48-14B6-4E07-A9A0-5840A9B53D45}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899284 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3159
  Translated: Ocotillo Chihuahuan Desert Succulent Scrub Alliance
  Common: Chihuahuan Desert Ocotillo Succulent Scrub
  Scientific: Fouquieria splendens Chihuahuan Desert Succulent Scrub Alliance