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A.1110 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1110
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This dwarf-shrubland alliance occurs in western Colorado and eastern Utah, Wyoming and Montana on mesas, plateaus, plains, low hills and eroded 'badlands.' Sites are nearly flat to moderately steep with moderately deep to deep, usually saline, alkaline soils. Soils are typically fine-textured and often have high erosion rates because of poor infiltration and high runoff. The soil surface is often mostly barren. Stands have a very sparse to moderately dense cover of dwarf-shrubs that is dominated by ~Atriplex gardneri$. ~Picrothamnus desertorum (= Artemisia spinescens)$ and ~Artemisia tridentata$ are codominants in some stands. Other shrubs and dwarf-shrubs may include ~Atriplex$ spp., ~Krascheninnikovia lanata, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, Suaeda$ spp., and ~Tetradymia spinosa$. The herbaceous layer, if present, may be dominated by graminoids or forbs. Common species include ~Pleuraphis jamesii (= Hilaria jamesii), Leymus salinus, Achnatherum hymenoides (= Oryzopsis hymenoides), Pascopyrum smithii, Eriogonum pauciflorum, Xylorhiza venusta$, or ~Monolepis nuttalliana$. Diagnostic of this dwarf-shrubland alliance is the dominance or codominance of ~Atriplex gardneri$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.884.A1110
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: IV.A.2.N.b
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ATRIPLEX GARDNERI DWARF-SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1110
  Common: Gardner's Saltbush Dwarf-shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Atriplex gardneri Dwarf-shrubland Alliance