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Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa / Pleuraphis rigida Scrub Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa / Pleuraphis rigida Scrub Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance forms an open to intermittent shrub layer. The emergent tree layer is typically sparse, and the herbaceous layer is open. <i>Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa</i> is a characteristic shrub and is dominant or codominant. Other characteristic shrubs include <i>Echinocereus engelmannii, Ephedra nevadensis, Ferocactus cylindraceus</i>, and <i>Krameria erecta</i>. Shrubs that are often present include <i>Ambrosia dumosa, Encelia farinosa, Larrea tridentata, Viguiera parishii</i>, and <i>Yucca schidigera</i>. Herbs that are often present include <i>Bromus rubens, Eriogonum inflatum, Erodium cicutarium, Pleuraphis rigida, Porophyllum gracile</i>, and <i>Sphaeralcea ambigua</i>. The alliance is currently known from California at Mojave National Preserve and Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada, where it occurs on low to high slopes with east to southwest aspects. Elevations range from approximately 650 to 1450 m. Soils are rocky and derived from a variety of substrates and textures ranging from fine sand to clay loam. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39355-{D08E2696-A0DB-482A-AA87-92949879A803}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 22-Jan-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.941884 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A4156
  Translated: Buckhorn Cholla / Big Galleta Scrub Alliance
  Common: Buckhorn Cholla Scrub
  Scientific: Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa / Pleuraphis rigida Scrub Alliance