Print Report
CEGL005950 Baccharis emoryi / Sporobolus airoides Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Emory''s Baccharis / Alkali Sacaton Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This riparian association is found along the lower Pecos in southeastern New Mexico. It occurs along low-gradient rivers with sandy channels of wide lowland valleys at elevations from 1140 to 1210 m (3750-3975 feet). Sites are typically riverbars and terraces where flooding varies from common to rare, but the groundwater is usually within 2 m. Soils are young Entisols (Typic and Aeric Fluvaquents or Oxyaquic Ustifluvents) and are composed of deep sediments that are well-drained or only moderately drained. Soil texture varies from coarse-loamy to sandy or even clayey on the surface. The underlying soil matrix may have upwards of 35% cobbles or gravels. Sites are probably flooded within every five years. This type is characterized as a moderately open, shrubby thicket dominated by Baccharis emoryi, with a grassy undergrowth dominated by Sporobolus airoides with Muhlenbergia asperifolia and Schoenoplectus pungens as common wetland indicator associates. The overstory canopy seldom exceeds of 2.5 m (8 feet), although Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera saplings may be present.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association represents the dry end of the saltgrass meadow types where Sporobolus airoides is the dominant.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This type is characterized as a moderately open, shrubby thicket dominated by Baccharis emoryi, with a grassy undergrowth dominated by Sporobolus airoides with Muhlenbergia asperifolia and Schoenoplectus pungens (= Scirpus pungens) as common wetland indicator associates. The overstory canopy seldom exceeds of 2.5 m (8 feet), although Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera saplings may be present.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This riparian association occurs along low-gradient rivers with sandy channels of wide lowland valleys at elevations from 1140 to 1210 m (3750-3975 feet). Sites are typically riverbars and terraces where flooding varies from common to rare, but the groundwater is usually within 2 m. Soils are young Entisols (Typic and Aeric Fluvaquents or Oxyaquic Ustifluvents) and are composed of deep sediments that are well-drained or only moderately drained. Soil texture varies from coarse-loamy to sandy or even clayey on the surface. The underlying soil matrix may have upwards of 35% cobbles or gravels. Sites are probably flooded within every five years.
Geographic Range: This association is found along the lower Pecos in southeastern New Mexico but may occur in Trans-Pecos Texas and westward.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NM, TX?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.737994
Confidence Level: Low
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.C Shrub & Herb Wetland Subclass | S44 | 2.C |
| Formation | 2.C.4 Temperate to Polar Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Formation | F013 | 2.C.4 |
| Division | 2.C.4.Nc Southwestern North American Warm Desert Freshwater Marsh & Bosque Division | D032 | 2.C.4.Nc |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.4.Nc.1 Warm Desert Lowland Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup | M076 | 2.C.4.Nc.1 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nc.1.b Honey Mesquite - Velvet Mesquite - False Willow species North American Warm Desert Riparian Low Bosque & Shrubland Group | G533 | 2.C.4.Nc.1.b |
| Alliance | A3874 Emory''s Baccharis - Desert Baccharis Wet Shrubland Alliance | A3874 | 2.C.4.Nc.1.b |
| Association | CEGL005950 Emory''s Baccharis / Alkali Sacaton Wet Shrubland | CEGL005950 | 2.C.4.Nc.1.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Emory Baccharis/Alkali Sacaton CT (Muldavin et al. 2000a)
- Muldavin, E., P. Durkin, M. Bradley, M. Stuever, and P. Mehlhop. 2000a. Handbook of wetland vegetation communities of New Mexico. Volume I: Classification and community descriptions. Final report to the New Mexico Environment Department and the Environmental Protection Agency prepared by the New Mexico Natural Heritage Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
- NHNM [Natural Heritage New Mexico]. No date. Unpublished data on file. Natural Heritage New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.