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CEGL001285 Atriplex canescens - Krascheninnikovia lanata Shrubland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Fourwing Saltbush - Winterfat Shrubland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

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Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available

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Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  CA, CO, NM, NV




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G5

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Synonomy: ? 152.1531 - Eurotia lanata - Atriplex canescens - Krascheninnikovia lanata - Ephedra viridis (Warren et al. 1982)
= 152.1723 - Atriplex canescens - Eurotia lanata - Krascheninnikovia lanata - Ephedra viridis (Warren et al. 1982)
= Atriplex canescens - Ceratoides lanata Association (Peterson 1984a)
= Atriplex canescens - Krascheninnikovia lanata (Sawyer et al. 2009) [36.310.02]
= Atriplex canescens - Krascheninnikovia lanata Shrubland (Ostler et al. 2000)
= Atriplex canescens-Krascheninnikovia lanata Association (Evens et al. 2014)

Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

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