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CEGL000697 Juniperus deppeana / Muhlenbergia emersleyi Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Alligator Juniper / Bullgrass Woodland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: No Data Available
Diagnostic Characteristics: A juniper woodland wherein Juniperus deppeana is dominant with a well-represented (>5% cover) shrubby understory; Quercus grisea is common (> 1% cover) and Muhlenbergia emersleyi with its associates produce abundant (>25%) cover.
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
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: This juniper woodland is known only from the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico.
Nations: MX?,US
States/Provinces: NM, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
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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 | A3134 Redberry Juniper - Alligator Juniper - One-seed Juniper / Grass Understory Open Woodland Alliance | A3134 | 1.B.1.Nd.1.b |
| Association | CEGL000697 Alligator Juniper / Bullgrass Woodland | CEGL000697 | 1.B.1.Nd.1.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
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Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Juniperus deppeana / Muhlenbergia emersleyi (Stuever and Hayden 1997b)
= Juniperus deppeana / Muhlenbergia emersleyi Habitat Type (Larson and Moir 1986)
= Juniperus deppeana / Muhlenbergia emersleyi Plant Association (Muldavin et al. 2003a)
= Juniperus deppeana / Muhlenbergia emersleyi Habitat Type (Larson and Moir 1986)
= Juniperus deppeana / Muhlenbergia emersleyi Plant Association (Muldavin et al. 2003a)
- Ahlstrand, G. M. 1979. Preliminary report of the study of the Guadalupe Mountains and Carlsbad Caverns national parks. Pages 31-44 in: H. H. Genoways and R. J. Baker, editors. Biological Investigations in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. USDI National Park Service, Proceedings and Transactions. Series No. 4, Washington, DC.
- 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.
- Larson, M., and W. H. Moir. 1986. Forest and woodland habitat types (plant associations) of southern New Mexico and central Arizona (north of the Mogollon Rim). USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Albuquerque, NM. 76 pp.
- 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.
- Muldavin, E., P. Neville, P. Arbetan, Y. Chauvin, A. Browder, and T. Neville. 2003a. A vegetation map of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. Final report submitted in partial fulfillment of Cooperative Agreement No. Ca-7170-99-004. New Mexico Natural Heritage Program at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. 102 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.
- Tirmenstein, D. 1988a. Juniperus deppeana. In: Fire Effects Information System [Online]. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). [http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/]
- USFS [U.S. Forest Service]. 1986. Forest and woodland habitat types (plant associations) of southern New Mexico and central Arizona (north of the Mogollon Rim). USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Albuquerque, NM. Second edition, 140 pp. plus insert.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.