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Artemisia frigida - Dalea formosa - Gutierrezia sarothrae Dwarf-shrubland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Artemisia frigida - Dalea formosa - Gutierrezia sarothrae Dwarf-shrubland Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This alliance occurs in the shortgrass steppe of the western Great Plains from eastern Colorado and New Mexico to the panhandle of Texas. Vegetation is dominated by dwarf-shrubs with variable cover of herbaceous plants. The dominant and diagnostic shrubs are <i>Artemisia bigelovii, Artemisia frigida, Dalea formosa, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Mimosa borealis</i>, and/or <i>Yucca glauca</i>. The herbaceous layer ranges from sparse to dense and is dominated by graminoids, especially <i>Bouteloua gracilis</i> with <i>Aristida purpurea, Bouteloua curtipendula, Elymus elymoides, Nassella viridula, Poa fendleriana, Schedonnardus paniculatus</i>, and <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus</i>. Forbs cover is often sparse and sometimes diverse. Species such as <i>Eriogonum jamesii</i> and <i>Sphaeralcea coccinea</i> are frequently present. This alliance occurs in a variety of environments and conditions, such as narrow bands along the tops of escarpments and narrow ridges where bedrock is at or very near the surface and soils are shallow, as well as in kipukas of old lavaflows, and areas with repeated disturbance such as sites associated with prairie dog towns and heavily grazed pastures in the vicinity of livestock watering ponds. Substrates are often derived from alluvium lava, limestone or sandstone.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39209-{B63D4DB1-681D-423E-9489-5087B980B735} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 08-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Bouteloua gracilis - Bouteloua dactyloides - Pleuraphis jamesii Shortgrass Prairie Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Artemisia frigida / Bouteloua gracilis Dwarf-shrubland   Gutierrezia sarothrae - Yucca glauca Dwarf-shrubland		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.900050 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A3999   Translated: Fringed Sagebrush - Featherplume - Broom Snakeweed Dwarf-shrubland Alliance   Common: Fringed Sagebrush - Featherplume - Broom Snakeweed Dwarf-shrubland   Scientific: Artemisia frigida - Dalea formosa - Gutierrezia sarothrae Dwarf-shrubland Alliance