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Bolivian-Tucuman Interandean Xeromorphic Scrub & Grassland Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Bolivian-Tucuman Interandean Xeromorphic Scrub & Grassland Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This macrogroup represents the plant communities that develop in xeric to semi-arid conditions between 900 and 3000 m elevation in the steep slopes of intermontane valleys of Bolivia and Argentina. These are formed by microphyllous and thorny, resinous sparse scrubs up to 1-2 m high, bunchgrasses, and forbs growing in a harsh environment and poor soils. Diagnostic species are <i>Kentrothamnus weddellianus, Proustia pungens, Dodonaea viscosa, Lycianthes lycioides, Croton baillonianus, Lantana canescens, Salvia haenkei, Verbesina cinerea</i>, with <i>Aloysia gratissima, Lippia boliviana, Lantana</i> spp., <i>Acalypha lycioides, Baccharis ulicina, Croton baillonianus, Cardiospermum halicacabum, Vernonia saltensis</i>, and <i>Zexmenia brachylepis</i> in the lower elevations. Communities of this type are in some cases the result of permanent alteration of previously more complex xeromorphic shrublands and woodlands, due to anthropogenic disturbance. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:41006-{AAD50C49-E93E-4501-A7B8-6C13EBD470AE}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Apr-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.885129 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M777
  Scientific: Bolivian-Tucuman Interandean Xeromorphic Scrub & Grassland Macrogroup