Name:
Atriplex canescens - Ericameria nauseosa Desert Wash Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance covers desert wash shrublands dominated by <i>Atriplex canescens</i> and/or <i>Ericameria nauseosa</i>. Associated shrubs include <i>Artemisia filifolia, Artemisia tridentata, Atriplex confertifolia, Atriplex gardneri, Brickellia longifolia, Ephedra torreyana, Ephedra viridis, Fraxinus anomala, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Lycium andersonii, Purshia stansburiana, Rhus trilobata, Sarcobatus vermiculatus</i>, and <i>Suaeda moquinii</i>. The herbaceous stratum has sparse to moderate cover of <i>Achnatherum hymenoides, Artemisia dracunculus, Descurainia pinnata, Elymus elymoides, Glycyrrhiza lepidota, Hesperostipa comata, Hordeum jubatum, Sphaeralcea parvifolia, Sporobolus contractus</i>, and <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus</i>. These shrubland are short-statured (<2 m in height), mixed species with fairly open canopy coverage. They can be found in cold desert washes of northern Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38553-{433E502E-2470-4D8A-A3FF-1461683C598F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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