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Prunus fasciculata - Salazaria mexicana Northern Mojave Desert Wash Scrub Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Prunus fasciculata - Salazaria mexicana Northern Mojave Desert Wash Scrub Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance includes washes dominated by short, microphyllous shrubs. It forms an open to intermittent shrub layer. The emergent tree layer, when present, is typically sparse to open, and the herbaceous layer is sparse to open. <i>Prunus fasciculata, Prunus eremophila</i>, or <i>Salazaria mexicana</i> is dominant or codominant in the shrub canopy, and <i>Eriogonum fasciculatum</i> is often present. Sometimes, <i>Salvia dorrii</i> may be dominant or codominant with <i>Prunus fasciculata</i> and other shrubs. Characteristic herbs include <i>Bromus rubens</i>; others include <i>Achnatherum speciosum, Erodium cicutarium</i> and <i>Sphaeralcea ambigua</i>. The alliance is found primarily in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts of California and Arizona in washes and in canyon channel bottoms along hillsides at elevations ranging from approximately 750 to 1900 m on a variety of aspects. Soils are derived from a variety of substrates, including alluvium, granodiorite, limestone and sandstone, and soil textures are often sand or sandy loam. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39384-{D6B51B9D-6193-489D-BA36-51D98A4081F3}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Mar-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.943929 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A4185
  Translated: Desert Almond - Mexican Bladdersage Northern Mojave Desert Wash Scrub Alliance
  Common: Northern Mojave Desert Almond - Mexican Bladdersage Desert Wash Scrub
  Scientific: Prunus fasciculata - Salazaria mexicana Northern Mojave Desert Wash Scrub Alliance