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Bursera microphylla - Jatropha cuneata - Pachycereus schottii Desert Scrub Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Bursera microphylla - Jatropha cuneata - Pachycereus schottii Desert Scrub Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This vegetation group is widespread in northern Mexico, found on both sides of the Gulf of California (roughly corresponding to the Central Gulf Coast Region of the Sonoran Desert). The vegetation is characterized by tropical genera <i>Jatropha</i> and <i>Bursera</i>, which are typically present in these sparse to dense shrub-dominated stands. Diagnostic species are <i>Bursera microphylla, Jatropha cuneata, Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum, Pachycereus pringlei, Pachycereus schottii</i>, and <i>Stenocereus thurberi</i>. Understory herbaceous species are usually sparse or absent. These sites often have areas with large rock outcrops or unstable slopes and may have few shrubs growing on them. Stands are restricted to frost-free areas and do not occur higher into the foothills where ~Sonoran Paloverde - Mixed Cacti Desert Scrub Group (G293)$$ would tend to occur. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40052-{0E3CE2BF-A0B1-46C0-9483-76CB1C97C6A1}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 20-Oct-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.833227 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G292
  Scientific: Bursera microphylla - Jatropha cuneata - Pachycereus schottii Desert Scrub Group