Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Ephedra viridis - Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus - Rhus trilobata Talus Sparse Scrub Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
  click to update datacart
Name: Ephedra viridis - Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus - Rhus trilobata Talus Sparse Scrub Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance consists of very open to sparse shrubs (&lt;10% vascular plant cover); typical species include <i>Artemisia bigelovii, Atriplex canescens, Brickellia</i> spp., <i>Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Ephedra viridis, Ericameria nauseosa, Fallugia paradoxa</i>, and/or <i>Rhus trilobata</i>. It occupies sparsely vegetated talus and colluvial slopes. Sites range from dry and warm through some cooler aspects. Many types occur on tablelands and cliffs with talus and colluvial slopes below them. Substrates are predominantly sedimentary rocks, such as sandstone, shale, and limestone. These species are utilizing moisture from cracks and pockets where soil accumulates, and can tolerate rock-fall and movement since generally these are unstable substrates. These alliance occurs throughout the intermountain western U.S. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39260-{D6D6DB25-5877-4C40-B7BC-B26585881E05}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.900101 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A4050
  Translated: Mormon-tea - Yellow Rabbitbrush - Skunkbush Sumac Talus Sparse Scrub Alliance
  Common: Intermountain Talus Sparse Scrub
  Scientific: Ephedra viridis - Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus - Rhus trilobata Talus Sparse Scrub Alliance