Chihuahuan Desert Foothill-Piedmont & Lower Montane Grassland

Type:Group
Parent classification:Chihuahuan Semi-Desert Grassland
Scientific Name:Bouteloua eriopoda - Bouteloua ramosa - Muhlenbergia porteri Semi-Desert Grassland Group
Location:United States (Texas, Arizona, New Mexico); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora)
Description:This Chihuahuan Desert group is a broadly defined grassland/shrub-steppe characterized by an open to dense herbaceous layer dominated by a diverse mixture of perennial desert grasses such as Bouteloua eriopoda, Bouteloua ramosa, Bouteloua rothrockii, Muhlenbergia emersleyi (higher elevations), Muhlenbergia porteri, and Muhlenbergia setifolia (higher elevations) with scattered shrubs and succulents typically present.
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Child types

Name
Black Grama - Chino Grama Piedmont Desert Grassland
Chihuahuan Desert Foothill Sotol / Sideoats Grama - Curly-leaf Muhly Grassland

Species

Name
Ammodramus savannarum ammolegus
Antilocapra americana sonoriensis (Sonoran pronghorn)
Aspidoscelis tesselatus (Common Checkered Whiptail)
Athene cunicularia hypugaea (Western burrowing owl)
Centronyx bairdii
Charadrius montanus (Mountain Plover)
Choeronycteris mexicana (Mexican long-tongued bat)
Colinus virginianus ridgwayi (Masked Bobwhite)
Cynomys gunnisoni (Gunnison's prairie dog)
Cynomys ludovicianus (black-tailed prairie dog)
Dipodomys spectabilis (banner-tailed kangaroo rat)
Falco femoralis septentrionalis (Northern Aplomado Falcon)
Falco mexicanus (Prairie Falcon)
Gastrophryne olivacea (Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad)
Geomys arenarius (desert pocket gopher)
Heloderma suspectum (Gila Monster)
Lanius ludovicianus (Loggerhead Shrike)
Leptonycteris nivalis (Mexican long-nosed bat)
Peucaea botterii arizonae
Sceloporus slevini (Slevin's bunchgrass lizard)
Smilisca fodiens (Lowland Burrowing Treefrog)
Sonorella todseni
Spiza americana (Dickcissel)
Terrapene ornata (Ornate Box Turtle)
Vireo bellii (Bell's Vireo)
Vireo vicinior (Grey Vireo)

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer