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Pleuraphis rigida Desert Grassland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pleuraphis rigida Desert Grassland Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This Mojave and Sonoran desert grassland and shrub-steppe alliance is dominated by the semi-woody perennial grass <i>Pleuraphis rigida</i>. Other associates in the herbaceous layer include <i>Achnatherum hymenoides, Bouteloua eriopoda, Dalea mollissima, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Panicum urvilleanum</i>, and <i>Sphaeralcea ambigua</i>. Scattered shrubs such as <i>Ambrosia dumosa, Larrea tridentata, Yucca brevifolia</i>, or other desert shrubs may be present with lower cover than <i>Pleuraphis rigida</i>. Stands occur on sandy substrates found on flat ridges, lower slopes, stabilized sand dunes and sandsheets, and sandy plains.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38458-{927DC3C6-9FF8-457A-BEBF-527DF939E5B5} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 21-Dec-2015 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: North American Warm Semi-Desert Dune & Sand Flats Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Ambrosia dumosa / Pleuraphis rigida Dwarf-shrubland   Pleuraphis rigida Dune Grassland   Pleuraphis rigida Grassland   Pleuraphis rigida Shrub Grassland [Placeholder]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899295 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A3170   Translated: Big Galleta Desert Grassland Alliance   Common: Big Galleta Desert Grassland   Scientific: Pleuraphis rigida Desert Grassland Alliance