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CEGL000717 Juniperus monosperma / Larrea tridentata Woodland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: One-seed Juniper / Creosotebush Woodland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: No Data Available

Diagnostic Characteristics: A wide scattering of low-statured (<5 m [16 feet]) Juniperus monosperma amid a shrubby matrix containing Larrea tridentata.

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

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 plains and piedmonts at 1075 to 1375 m (3500-4500 feet) elevation.
Geographic Range: This juniper woodland is known from the Guadalupe Mountains in southern New Mexico.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  NM


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G5

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 CEGL000717 One-seed Juniper / Creosotebush Woodland CEGL000717 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 monosperma / Larrea divaricata (USFS 1987b)
= Juniperus pinchotii / Larrea tridentata (Stuever and Hayden 1997b)
Concept Author(s): M.C. Stuever and J.S. Hayden (1997b)

Author of Description: M.C. Stuever and J.S. Hayden (1997b)

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 10-18-18
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