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CEGL001500 Cercocarpus montanus / Muhlenbergia emersleyi Scrub

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Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Alderleaf Mountain-mahogany / Bullgrass Scrub

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

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  NM




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G4

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Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: = Cercocarpus montanus / Muhlenbergia emersleyi PA (Muldavin et al. 1998a)
= Cercocarpus montanus / Muhlenbergia emersleyi PA (Muldavin et al. 1994a)
= Cercocarpus montanus / Muhlenbergia emersleyi PA (Wood et al. 1999)
= Cercocarpus montanus / Muhlenbergia emersleyi PA (Bourgeron et al. 1993b)
= Cercocarpus montanus / Muhlenbergia emersleyi PA (Bourgeron et al. 1995b)

Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

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Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 02-02-11

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  • Bourgeron, P. S., M. Jensen, L. Engelking, R. Everett, and H. Humphries. 1995b. Landscape ecology, conservation biology and principles of ecosystem management. Pages 41-47 in: Symposium proceedings of Ecosystem Management in Western Interior Forests, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
  • 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 Unpublished report.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.
  • Muldavin, E., P. Mehlhop, and E. DeBruin. 1994a. A survey of sensitive species and vegetation communities in the Organ Mountains of Fort Bliss. Volume III: Vegetation communities. Report prepared for Fort Bliss, Texas, by New Mexico Natural Heritage Program, Albuquerque.
  • Muldavin, E., V. Archer, and P. Neville. 1998a. A vegetation map of the Borderlands Ecosystem Management Area. Final report submitted to USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Experiment Station, Flagstaff, AZ, by the New Mexico Natural Heritage Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. 58 pp.
  • Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.
  • Wood, S., G. Harper, E. Muldavin, and P. Neville. 1999. Vegetation map of the Sierra del Carmen, U.S.A. and Mexico. Final report submitted to Big Bend National Park by the New Mexico Natural Heritage Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. 57 pp.