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CEGL001123 Rhus virens var. choriophylla / Cercocarpus montanus var. paucidentatus Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Evergreen Sumac / Hairy Mountain-mahogany Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: No Data Available
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association is described from the Mule and Huachuca mountains of southeastern Arizona (Wentworth 1982, 1985). Rhus virens var. choriophylla-characterized stands likely occur in similar limestone habitats in other mountains and hills in Chihuahua and Coahuila, Mexico. Diagnostic species Sophora secundiflora and Ungnadia speciosa also occur in Edwards Plateau shrublands.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: No Data Available
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AZ
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685785
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass | S18 | 2.B |
| Formation | 2.B.2 Temperate Grassland & Shrubland Formation | F012 | 2.B.2 |
| Division | 2.B.2.Ng Western North American Interior Chaparral Division | D061 | 2.B.2.Ng |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.2.Ng.2 Sonoran Scrub Oak - Pointleaf Manzanita - Desert Ceanothus Warm Interior Chaparral Macrogroup | M091 | 2.B.2.Ng.2 |
| Group | 2.B.2.Ng.2.b Sonoran Scrub Oak - Desert Ceanothus - Mexican Manzanita Chaparral Group | G281 | 2.B.2.Ng.2.b |
| Alliance | A3791 Alderleaf Mountain-mahogany Madrean Montane Chaparral Alliance | A3791 | 2.B.2.Ng.2.b |
| Association | CEGL001123 Evergreen Sumac / Hairy Mountain-mahogany Shrubland | CEGL001123 | 2.B.2.Ng.2.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Cercocarpus Scrub (Wentworth 1982)
- 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.
- Wentworth, T. R. 1982. Vegetation and flora of the Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 17:29-44.
- Wentworth, T. R. 1985. Vegetation on limestone in the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona. Southwestern Naturalist 30(3):385-395.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.