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CEGL000702 Juniperus coahuilensis / Quercus turbinella Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Redberry Juniper / Sonoran Scrub Oak Woodland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: No Data Available
Diagnostic Characteristics: Juniperus coahuilensis dominates this shrubby woodland, where Quercus turbinella is well-represented and often abundant. Canotia holacantha is absent.
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This plant association occurs at Franklin Mountains State Park, El Paso County, Texas.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association occurs on complex hillslopes, dissected pediments and toeslopes, elevated plains and alluvial fans, and eroding breaks of old valley fill alluvium, often occurring on moderately steep and steep slopes. Elevations range from around 1100 to 1460 m (3600-4800 feet). Soils are in the thermic (mean annual soil temperature = 59-72°F) soil temperature regime. Mean annual precipitation (MAP) is 40-50 cm (16-20 inches) per year. Mean annual air temperature (MAAT) is 59-63°F.
Geographic Range: This juniper woodland is found below the Mogollon Rim to southeastern Arizona.
Nations: MX?,US
States/Provinces: AZ, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686397
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
| Formation | 1.B.1 Warm Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F018 | 1.B.1 |
| Division | 1.B.1.Nd Madrean-Balconian Forest & Woodland Division | D060 | 1.B.1.Nd |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.1.Nd.1 Alligator Juniper - Mexican Pinyon - Arizona White Oak Madrean Lowland Evergreen Woodland Macrogroup | M010 | 1.B.1.Nd.1 |
| Group | 1.B.1.Nd.1.b Redberry Juniper - Alligator Juniper - One-seed Juniper Open Woodland Group | G487 | 1.B.1.Nd.1.b |
| Alliance | A3133 Redberry Juniper - Alligator Juniper - One-seed Juniper / Shrub Understory Open Woodland Alliance | A3133 | 1.B.1.Nd.1.b |
| Association | CEGL000702 Redberry Juniper / Sonoran Scrub Oak Woodland | CEGL000702 | 1.B.1.Nd.1.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Juniperus erthryocarpa (sic) / Quercus turbinella (Stuever and Hayden 1997b)
- Bassett, D., M. Larson, and W. Moir. 1987. Forest and woodland habitat types of Arizona south of the Mogollon Rim and southwestern New Mexico. Edition 2. USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Albuquerque, NM.
- 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.
- Moir, W. H., and J. O. Carleton. 1987. Classification of pinyon-juniper (P-J) sites on national forests in the Southwest. Pages 216-226 in: R. L. Everett, editor. Proceedings of the Pinyon-Juniper Conference, Reno, NV, 13-16 January 1986. General Technical Report. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT. 581 pp.
- Stuever, M. C., and J. S. Hayden. 1997b. Plant associations of Arizona and New Mexico. Volume 2: Woodlands. USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Habitat Typing Guides. 196 pp.
- Sullivan, J. 1993c. Juniperus coahuilensis. In: Fire Effects Information System [Online]. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). [http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/] (accessed 31 August 2015).
- USFS [U.S. Forest Service]. 1987b. Forest and woodland habitat types (plant associations) of Arizona south of the Mogollon Rim and southwestern New Mexico. USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Albuquerque, NM. Second edition, 168 pp. plus insert.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.