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CEGL001362 Sarcobatus vermiculatus / Ericameria nauseosa Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Greasewood / Rubber Rabbitbrush Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This greasewood shrubland association is found throughout Nevada and in southern Colorado. This description is based on information from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. This common shrubland association is found primarily on sandsheets, but also on valley floors, sabkhas, valley floors, and toeslopes. Elevation ranges from 2295 to 2355 m. Bare soil is the dominant ground surface cover ranging from 50-96%. There is significant evidence of heavy grazing on herbaceous species in every surveyed stand. Sarcobatus vermiculatus and Ericameria nauseosa form an open to moderately dense short-shrub layer (0.5-1 m) with almost no understory. Other commonly occurring short-shrub species include Chrysothamnus greenei and Atriplex canescens. The sparse (<10% total cover) herbaceous layer may include a variety of graminoids such as Achnatherum hymenoides, Distichlis spicata, Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis, Spartina gracilis, and Sporobolus airoides, as well as Opuntia polyacantha and Psoralidium lanceolatum.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Sarcobatus vermiculatus and Ericameria nauseosa form an open to moderately dense short-shrub layer (0.5-1 m) with almost no understory. Other commonly occurring short-shrub species include Chrysothamnus greenei and Atriplex canescens. The sparse (<10% total cover) herbaceous layer may include a variety of graminoids such as Achnatherum hymenoides, Distichlis spicata, Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis (= Juncus balticus), Spartina gracilis, and Sporobolus airoides, as well as Opuntia polyacantha and Psoralidium lanceolatum.
Dynamics: There is significant evidence of heavy grazing on herbaceous species in every surveyed stand.
Environmental Description: This greasewood shrubland association is found throughout Nevada and in southern Colorado. This description is based on information from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. This common shrubland association is found primarily on sandsheets, but also on valley floors, sabkhas, valley floors, and toeslopes. Elevation ranges from 2295 to 2355 m. Bare soil is the dominant ground surface cover ranging from 50-96%.
Geographic Range: This shrubland association is found throughout Nevada and in southern Colorado.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CO, NV
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683431
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G5
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.C Shrub & Herb Wetland Subclass | S44 | 2.C |
| Formation | 2.C.5 Salt Marsh Formation | F035 | 2.C.5 |
| Division | 2.C.5.Nd North American Western Interior Brackish Marsh, Playa & Shrubland Division | D036 | 2.C.5.Nd |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.5.Nd.1 Warm & Cool Desert Alkali-Saline Marsh, Playa & Shrubland Macrogroup | M082 | 2.C.5.Nd.1 |
| Group | 2.C.5.Nd.1.b Greasewood - Saltbush species Alkaline-Saline Wet Scrub Group | G537 | 2.C.5.Nd.1.b |
| Alliance | A1046 Greasewood Intermountain Wet Shrubland Alliance | A1046 | 2.C.5.Nd.1.b |
| Association | CEGL001362 Greasewood / Rubber Rabbitbrush Wet Shrubland | CEGL001362 | 2.C.5.Nd.1.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
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