Intermountain Semi-Desert Steppe & Shrubland

Type:Group
Parent classification:Great Basin-Intermountain Dry Shrubland & Grassland
Scientific Name:Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus - Ericameria nauseosa - Krascheninnikovia lanata Steppe & Shrubland Group
Location:United States (Washington, California, Oregon, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado)
Description:This widespread dwarf-shrubland, shrubland and shrub-steppe group occurs throughout the semi-arid western U.S. on a variety of sites and disturbance regimes and is characterized by an open to moderately dense woody layer composed of diverse woody species such as Chamaebatiaria millefolium, Chrysothamnus albidus, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Ericameria nauseosa, Ephedra viridis, Ephedra torreyana, Glossopetalon spinescens, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Gutierrezia microcephala, Ericameria nana, Ericameria parryi, Ericameria teretifolia, Krascheninnikovia lanata, Mahonia fremontii, Opuntia polyacantha, and Tetradymia canescens with or without an herbaceous layer.
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Child types

Name
Colorado Plateau Prickly-pear Shrubland
Green Rabbitbrush Shrubland
Parry's Rabbitbrush Shrubland
Rubber Rabbitbrush Steppe & Shrubland
Snakeweed Dwarf-shrubland
Spiny Greasebush Shrubland
White-flower Rabbitbrush Shrubland
Winterfat Steppe & Dwarf-shrubland
Yellow Rabbitbrush Steppe & Shrubland

Species

Name
Ammodramus savannarum (Grasshopper Sparrow)
Amphispiza bilineata (Black-throated Sparrow)
Artemisiospiza belli (Sage Sparrow)
Athene cunicularia hypugaea (Western burrowing owl)
Centrocercus urophasianus (Sage Grouse)
Charadrius montanus (Mountain Plover)
Dipodomys spectabilis (banner-tailed kangaroo rat)
Perognathus mollipilosus
Rhinocheilus lecontei (Longnose Snake)

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer