North American Warm Desert Riparian Low Bosque & Shrubland
| Type: | Group | | Parent classification: | Warm Desert Lowland Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland | | Scientific Name: | Prosopis glandulosa - Prosopis velutina - Baccharis spp. North American Warm Desert Riparian Low Bosque & Shrubland Group | | Location: | United States (New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, California, Texas, Utah); Mexico (Baja California, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora) | | Description: | This low-elevation (<1100 m) desert riparian vegetation is dominated by scrub Prosopis glandulosa and/or Prosopis velutina, and/or shrubs Baccharis salicifolia, Pluchea sericea, Salix geyeriana, Shepherdia argentea, and/or Salix exigua. It is found along perennial and intermittent streams and rivers of the southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico. | | Website: | View website |
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