Name:
Acacia greggii - Hyptis emoryi - Justicia californica Desert Wash Scrub Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
<i>Acacia greggii, Hyptis emoryi</i>, or <i>Justicia californica</i> is dominant or codominant in the shrub canopy with <i>Adenophyllum porophylloides, Ambrosia eriocentra, Bebbia juncea, Encelia farinosa, Encelia virginensis, Ephedra californica, Ephedra nevadensis, Ericameria teretifolia, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Hymenoclea salsola, Larrea tridentata, Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa, Opuntia basilaris, Prunus fasciculata, Psorothamnus schottii, Rhus ovata, Salazaria mexicana, Salvia dorrii, Senna armata, Trixis californica, Viguiera parishii</i>, and <i>Yucca schidigera</i>. Emergent trees may be present at low cover, including <i>Chilopsis linearis, Fouquieria splendens, Juniperus californica, Juniperus osteosperma, Olneya tesota, Parkinsonia florida</i>, and/or <i>Psorothamnus spinosus</i>. This alliance is found in the Colorado and Sonoran deserts of Arizona, California, Nevada, and possibly Baja California, Mexico. It occurs in arroyos, channels, rocky alluvial washes, bajadas, canyon walls, seeps, and springs and steep, very rocky colluvium on lower canyon slopes, and valleys. Soils are coarse, well-drained, and moderately acidic to slightly saline or gravelly sands and loams surrounding boulders and bedrock.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39386-{2D74E1A1-B131-489D-975F-8E7A76FC90B1}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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