Vegetation Classification and Mapping Project Report - USGS

Appendix C: Global and local plant community descriptions
C.3 Shrubland
C.3.16. Sarcobatus vermiculatus / Atriplex obovata Shrubland [Park Special]
Base map class
NatureServe common name
NatureServe code
Greasewood./.New.Mexico.Saltbush.Shrubland
None.assigned.yet
Not.applicable
Summary:
Data are not available.
Classification confidence: 3 - Weak.
Classification comments:
Globally. Data are not available.
Petrified Forest National Park. Data are not available.
Vegetation hierarchy:
Physiognomic class N/A N/A
Physiognomic subclass N/A N/A
Physiognomic group N/A N/A
Physiognomic subgroup N/A N/A
Formation name N/A N/A
Alliance name
N/A
Ecological systems placement:
Ecological system unique ID
CES304.789
Ecological system name
Inter-Mountain.Basins.Shale.Badland
NatureServe conservation status:
Global rank. Data are not available.
Distribution:
Globally. This association has only been described from Petrified Forest National Park. Until
further inventory is completed, there is no global information.
Petrified Forest National Park. Sarcobatus vermiculatus / Atriplex obovata Shrubland (Park
Special) was identified in the field during the photointerpretors’ reconnaissance. Subsequently
it was documented on 15 accuracy assessment observation sites. However, it was mapped on
only three map units, two of which are in the park.
Environmental summary:
Globally. This association has only been described from Petrified Forest National Park. Until
further inventory is completed, there is no global information.
Petrified Forest National Park. This vegetation community occurred at elevations from 1639
m (5377 ft) to 1682 m (5518 ft).
USFWS wetland system: Not applicable.
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