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Warm Desert Lowland Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Warm Desert Lowland Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This macrogroup of desert freshwater wetlands consists of low-elevation (&lt;1100 m) wetlands where dominant scrub species are <i>Prosopis glandulosa</i> and <i>Prosopis velutina</i>, and other shrubs include <i>Baccharis emoryi, Baccharis salicifolia, Pluchea sericea, Salix geyeriana, Salix lasiolepis, Shepherdia argentea</i>, and <i>Salix exigua</i>. Woody vegetation is relatively dense, especially when compared to drier washes. These wetlands occur along perennial and intermittent streams, lake or playa edges, and alkaline seeps and springs. Vegetation, especially the mesquites, tap into 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 and/or annual rise in the water table for growth and reproduction. This macrogroup occurs in the warm desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40489-{3C9658C3-1F8E-47E7-8DFF-2E4491F0146F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 15-Oct-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.860430 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M076
  Scientific: Warm Desert Lowland Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup