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Dicoria canescens - Abronia villosa - Panicum urvilleanum Dune Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Dicoria canescens - Abronia villosa - Panicum urvilleanum Dune Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance consists of sparsely vegetated herbaceous stands with stoloniferous grasses and/or psammophitic herbs where generally three or more of the following species characterize an area: <i>Abronia villosa, Achnatherum hymenoides, Cleome sparsifolia, Croton californicus, Dicoria canescens, Geraea canescens, Oenothera deltoides, Panicum urvilleanum, Pleuraphis rigida, Rumex hymenosepalus</i>, and <i>Swallenia alexandrae</i>. Individual emergent shrubs such as <i>Ambrosia dumosa, Atriplex canescens, Eriogonum deserticola</i>, and <i>Larrea tridentata</i> may be present. Total plant cover rarely exceeds 10%. This alliance occurs in the Mojave, Colorado, and Sonoran deserts of southwestern North America. Habitats are dunes and sandsheets. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39236-{4A0FFD7A-C233-4042-9EA1-976B1CC0B84A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.900077 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A4026
  Translated: Desert Twinbugs - Desert Sand-verbena - Desert Panicgrass Dune Alliance
  Common: Mojave-Sonoran Sparsely Vegetated Dune
  Scientific: Dicoria canescens - Abronia villosa - Panicum urvilleanum Dune Alliance