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Atriplex canescens - Flourensia cernua Lowland Basin Scrub Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Atriplex canescens - Flourensia cernua Lowland Basin Scrub Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This desert scrub group occurs extensively as open-canopied shrublands in the alkaline, often somewhat saline basins and lowlands in the Chihuahuan Desert. It commonly includes stands dominated by <i>Atriplex canescens</i> or <i>Flourensia cernua</i>, but under more saline conditions, <i>Allenrolfea occidentalis, Sarcocornia utahensis, Suaeda moquinii</i>, or other halophytic plants may be present to codominant. The widespread, invasive <i>Prosopis glandulosa</i> may also be present to dominant in these lowland sites. While sites are often barren in the inter-shrub spaces, others can have high graminoid cover dominated by <i>Sporobolus airoides, Pleuraphis mutica, Scleropogon brevifolius</i>, or <i>Distichlis spicata</i>. It occurs as extensive open-canopied shrublands of lowland, often somewhat saline basins in the Chihuahuan Desert. Stands often occur on alluvial flats and around playas, as well as in floodplains along the Rio Grande and Pecos River, possibly also extending into the San Simon of southeastern Arizona. Substrates are generally fine-textured, often saline soils. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40058-{6DD1EF22-3D79-4C41-8A5F-75872B65ED90}
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Perspective from: 05-Nov-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.837757 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G299
  Scientific: Atriplex canescens - Flourensia cernua Lowland Basin Scrub Group