Colorado Plateau Blackbrush - Mormon-tea Shrubland

Type:Group
Parent classification:Great Basin-Intermountain Dry Shrubland & Grassland
Scientific Name:Coleogyne ramosissima - Ephedra cutleri - Ephedra torreyana Colorado Plateau Shrubland Group
Location:United States (Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, California)
Description:This semi-arid shrubland group occurs in the Colorado Plateau on sandy substrates and is characterized by extensive, typically open shrublands dominated by Artemisia filifolia, Coleogyne ramosissima, Ephedra cutleri, Ephedra torreyana, Ephedra viridis, Poliomintha incana, Quercus havardii var. tuckeri, or Vanclevea stylosa.
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Child types

Name
Colorado Plateau Blackbrush Shrubland
Colorado Plateau Frosted Mint Shrubland
Colorado Plateau Mormon-tea Shrubland
Colorado Plateau Sand Sagebrush Shrubland
Colorado Plateau Torrey's Joint-fir Shrubland
Colorado Plateau Tucker Sand Shinnery Oak Shrubland
Cutler's Joint-fir Shrubland

Species

Name
Gambelia wislizenii (Longnose Leopard Lizard)
Ovis canadensis (bighorn sheep)
Perognathus flavus (silky pocket mouse)
Perognathus mollipilosus
Toxostoma bendirei (Bendire's Thrasher)
Vireo vicinior (Grey Vireo)

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer