Burrobush Desert Dwarf Scrub

Type:Alliance
Parent classification:Mojave-Sonoran Bajada & Valley Desert Scrub
Scientific Name:Ambrosia dumosa Desert Dwarf Scrub Alliance
Location:United States (California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona); Mexico
Description:This desert scrub alliance is characterized by an open dwarf-shrub layer dominated by Ambrosia dumosa occurring on dry rocky sites that are too harsh for Larrea tridentata to be abundant and on sites where Larrea tridentata has been removed by disturbance.
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Child types

Name
Ambrosia dumosa - Ephedra (aspera, nevadensis) Dwarf-shrubland
Ambrosia dumosa - Ephedra torreyana - (Psorothamnus fremontii) Desert Dwarf Scrub
Ambrosia dumosa Dwarf-shrubland

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer