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Great Basin-Intermountain Xeric-Riparian Scrub Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Great Basin-Intermountain Xeric-Riparian Scrub Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This macrogroup consists of shrublands along temporary watercourses (washes) on sandy terraces, wash bottoms, and basin floors dominated by <i>Artemisia filifolia, Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata, Atriplex canescens, Atriplex confertifolia, Atriplex gardneri, Brickellia longifolia, Ephedra torreyana, Ephedra viridis, Ericameria nauseosa, Fraxinus anomala, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Lycium andersonii, Purshia stansburiana, Quercus havardii, Rhus trilobata</i>, and <i>Suaeda moquinii</i>. Herbaceous cover is sparse, although non-native annuals such as <i>Bromus tectorum</i> and <i>Salsola tragus</i> are sometimes abundant. This macrogroup occurs within the cool temperate desert of the intermountain western U.S. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40504-{2F09FB48-3B4E-426B-9CB6-1E1052D18273}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 15-Oct-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.860571 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M095
  Scientific: Great Basin-Intermountain Xeric-Riparian Scrub Macrogroup