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Prosopis glandulosa - Prosopis velutina - Baccharis spp. North American Warm Desert Riparian Low Bosque & Shrubland Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Prosopis glandulosa - Prosopis velutina - Baccharis spp. North American Warm Desert Riparian Low Bosque & Shrubland Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This group consists of riparian scrub found along low-elevation (&lt;1100 m) perennial or intermittent streams and rivers throughout the warm desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico. The vegetation is low scrub or shrubland, not tall trees. Dominants include scrub <i>Prosopis glandulosa</i> and <i>Prosopis velutina</i>, and shrubs <i>Baccharis salicifolia, Pluchea sericea, Salix geyeriana, Shepherdia argentea</i>, and/or <i>Salix exigua</i>. Woody cover is relatively dense, especially when compared to drier washes. Dominant species, especially the mesquites, tap groundwater below the streambed when surface flows stop. Vegetation is dependent upon annual rise in the water table or annual/periodic flooding and associated sediment scour for growth and reproduction. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40213-{15E00920-2F43-4EF8-9955-864CBBB55462}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 02-Dec-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.857323 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G533
  Scientific: Prosopis glandulosa - Prosopis velutina - Baccharis spp. North American Warm Desert Riparian Low Bosque & Shrubland Group