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CEGL001693 Sporobolus flexuosus - Dasyochloa pulchella Grassland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Mesa Dropseed - Low Woolly Grass Grassland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This Chihuahuan Desert lowland sandy plains grassland association is localized to the southern Jornada Basin in south-central New Mexico. It occurs in sandy interdune areas among Prosopis glandulosa coppice dunefields at about 1220 m (4000 feet). Sporobolus flexuosus and Dasyochloa pulchella are codominant and are scattered across the sandy interdunal areas. Prosopis is present but not dominant, but Gutierrezia sarothrae can be abundant.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: The type is based on one experimental plot on the Jornada Experimental Range. It is similar to the Yucca elata / Sporobolus flexuosus Association (Muldavin et al. 2000b).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Sporobolus flexuosus and Dasyochloa pulchella (= Erioneuron pulchellum) are codominant and are scattered across the sandy interdunal areas. Prosopis is present but not dominant, but Gutierrezia sarothrae can be abundant.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This Chihuahuan Desert lowland sandy plains grassland association occurs in sandy interdune areas among Prosopis glandulosa coppice dunefields at about 1220 m (4000 feet).
Geographic Range: This association is localized to the southern Jornada Basin in south-central New Mexico.
Nations: MX?,US
States/Provinces: NM
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2?
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 3 Desert & Semi-Desert Class | C03 | 3 |
| Subclass | 3.A Warm Desert & Semi-Desert Woodland, Scrub & Grassland Subclass | S06 | 3.A |
| Formation | 3.A.2 Warm Desert & Semi-Desert Scrub & Grassland Formation | F015 | 3.A.2 |
| Division | 3.A.2.Na North American Warm Desert Scrub & Grassland Division | D039 | 3.A.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 3.A.2.Na.3 Black Grama - Bullgrass - Tobosa Grass Chihuahuan Semi-Desert Grassland Macrogroup | M087 | 3.A.2.Na.3 |
| Group | 3.A.2.Na.3.c Soaptree Yucca / Black Grama - Mesa Dropseed Semi-Desert Grassland Group | G491 | 3.A.2.Na.3.c |
| Alliance | A3245 Mesa Dropseed Sandy Plains Semi-Desert Grassland Alliance | A3245 | 3.A.2.Na.3.c |
| Association | CEGL001693 Mesa Dropseed - Low Woolly Grass Grassland | CEGL001693 | 3.A.2.Na.3.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Interdune area (Hennessy et al. 1983)
? Mesa Dropseed/Soaptree Yucca PA (Muldavin et al. 2000b) [(Sporobolus flexuosus/Yucca elata: SPOFLE/YUCELA)]
? Mesa Dropseed/Soaptree Yucca PA (Muldavin et al. 2000b) [(Sporobolus flexuosus/Yucca elata: SPOFLE/YUCELA)]
- Bourgeron, P. S., and L. D. Engelking, editors. 1994. A preliminary vegetation classification of the western United States. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Western Heritage Task Force, Boulder, CO. 175 pp. plus appendix.
- Hennessy, J. T., R. P. Gibbens, J. M. Tromble, and M. Cardenas. 1983. Vegetation changes from 1935 to 1980 in mesquite dunelands and former grasslands of southern New Mexico. Journal of Range Management 36(3):370-374.
- Muldavin, E., Y. Chauvin, and G. Harper. 2000b. The vegetation of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico: Volume I. Handbook of vegetation communities. Final report to Environmental Directorate, White Sands Missile Range. New Mexico Natural Heritage Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. 195 pp. plus appendices
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.