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CEGL005949 Baccharis emoryi / Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Emory''s Baccharis / Baltic Rush Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This riparian shrubland association is found along the lower Pecos in southeastern New Mexico. It occurs along low-gradient rivers of wide lowland valleys at elevations from 1370 m (4500 feet). Sites are l low-depositional riverbars that are flooded at least on a five-year basis. Soils are reported as coarse-loamy over sandy-skeletal Oxyaquic Ustifluvents. Thickets of the shrub Baccharis emoryi form moderate (40% cover) shrub canopies with a graminoid understory dominated by Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis with a scattering of other grasses and forbs such as Sporobolus compositus var. compositus, Sporobolus airoides, Schoenoplectus pungens, Muhlenbergia asperifolia, and Oenothera villosa ssp. strigosa. The exotic Tamarix ramosissima can be well-represented but clearly not dominant.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association is distinguished from others in the alliance by the prevalence of wet-mesic to hydric herbaceous species.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Thickets of the shrub Baccharis emoryi form moderate (40% cover) shrub canopies with a graminoid understory dominated by Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis (= Juncus balticus) with a scattering of other grasses and forbs such as Sporobolus compositus var. compositus, Sporobolus airoides, Schoenoplectus pungens (= Scirpus pungens), Muhlenbergia asperifolia, and Oenothera villosa ssp. strigosa. The exotic Tamarix ramosissima can be well-represented but clearly not dominant.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: It occurs along low-gradient rivers of wide lowland valleys at elevations from 1370 m (4500 feet). Sites are l low-depositional riverbars that are flooded at least on a five-year basis. Soils are reported as coarse-loamy over sandy-skeletal Oxyaquic Ustifluvents.
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:
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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 | CEGL005949 Emory''s Baccharis / Baltic Rush Wet Shrubland | CEGL005949 | 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/Baltic Rush 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.