Mound Saltbush - Valley Saltbush Scrub

Type:Alliance
Parent classification:Intermountain Shadscale - Saltbush Scrub
Scientific Name:Atriplex obovata - Atriplex cuneata Scrub Alliance
Location:Mexico; United States (New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Utah)
Description:This alliance occurs in the northern Chihuahuan Desert and Colorado Plateau from western Texas, south-central and northwestern New Mexico, and northeastern Arizona and is dominated or codominated by Atriplex obovata.
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Child types

Name
Atriplex cuneata - Frankenia jamesii / Sporobolus airoides Shrubland
Atriplex obovata / Sporobolus airoides - Pleuraphis jamesii Shrub Grassland
Atriplex obovata / Sporobolus airoides - Sporobolus cryptandrus Dwarf-shrubland
Atriplex obovata Badland Sparse Vegetation
Atriplex obovata Talus Dwarf-shrubland

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer