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Appendix C Global and local plant community descriptions C.1 Introduction The plant community descriptions present information on each association, alliance, and park special as it occurs in Petrified Forest NP (local) and as it has been found elsewhere (global) (NatureServe 2007). The plant communities are organized by life form–woodland, shrubland, herbaceous, and finally sparse. Following is a summary of the information provided by each description, in the order in which it occurs within each description: 1. Scientific name for plant community o. Translated name for plant community assigned by NatureServe o. NatureServe Code: Community Element Global code (CEGL) assigned by NatureServe 2. Summary: Global concept of plant community 3. Classification o. Classification Confidence: The level of confidence in the classification, based on the quality and type of data used in the analysis, as well as the extent to which the entire (or potential) range of the element was considered. Values include: 1 = Strong, 2 = Moderate, and 3 = Weak. o. Classification Comments: Globally and locally o. Vegetation Hierarchy - Physiognomic Class: NVCS version 1 class - Physiognomic Subclass: NVCS version 1 subclass - Physiognomic Group: NVSC version 1 group - Physiognomic Subgroup: NVCS version 1 subgroup - Formation Name: NVCS version 1 formation name - Alliance Name: NVCS version 1 alliance name 4. Ecological Systems Placement: Nature Serve-assigned ecological system 5. NatureServe Conservation Status: NatureServe-assigned conservation status rank (G5 Secure/G4 Apparently secure/G3 Vulnerable/G2 Imperiled/GNR Not yet ranked) 6. Distribution: Global and local distribution 7. Environmental Setting o. USFWS Wetland System (Cowardin et al. 1979) o. Global and local environments of occurrence 8. Vegetation o. Global and local descriptions o. Most Abundant Species: Global and local o. Other Noteworthy Species: Global and local 9. Element Sources o. Authors of global and local descriptions o. References C1
Vegetation Classification and Distribution Mapping Report: Petrified Forest National Park Appendix C. Global and local plant community descriptions C.2.1. Juniperus monosperma / Artemisia bigelovii.Woodland............................................... C4 C.2.2...Pinus edulis - (Juniperus osteosperma) / Bouteloua gracilis.Woodland.........................C7 C.2.3...Populus fremontii / Ericameria nauseosa.Woodland....................................................C10 C.3.1...Allenrolfea occidentalis Shrubland................................................................................ C13 C.3.2...Artemisia filifolia / Bouteloua eriopoda.Shrubland......................................................C16 C.3.3...Artemisia filifolia.Colorado.Plateau.Shrubland.............................................................C19 C.3.4...Atriplex canescens / Pleuraphis jamesii.Shrubland........................................................C22 C.3.5...Ericameria nauseosa.Desert.Wash.Shrubland................................................................ C25 C.3.6...Forestiera pubescens Shrubland..................................................................................... C28 C.3.7...Gutierrezia sarothrae.-.(Opuntia.spp.)./.Pleuraphis jamesii Dwarf-shrubland.............C31 C.3.8...Isocoma drummondii - Pleuraphis jamesii Shrubland.[Park.Special]............................C34 C.3.9...Iva acerosa - Sporobolus airoides.Shrubland.[Park.Special]..........................................C36 C.3.10...Krascheninnikovia lanata / Bouteloua gracilis.Dwarf-shrub.Herbaceous....... Vegetation............................................................................................................................... .. C38 C.3.11...Krascheninnikovia lanata.Dwarf-shrubland................................................................ C41 C.3.12...Purshia stansburiana - Eriogonum corymbosum.Shrubland.......................................C44 C.3.13...Rhus trilobata - Ephedra (viridis, torreyana).Talus.Shrubland....................................C46 C.3.14...Salix exigua./.Barren.Shrubland.................................................................................... C49 C.3.15...Salvia pachyphylla.Dwarf-shrubland.[Park.Special].....................................................C52 C.3.16...Sarcobatus vermiculatus / Atriplex obovata.Shrubland.[Park.Special].......................C54 C.3.17...Sarcobatus vermiculatus / Suaeda moquinii.Shrubland..............................................C56 C.3.18...Suaeda moquinii.Shrubland.......................................................................................... C58 C.3.19...Tamarix.spp..Temporarily.Flooded.Semi-natural.Shrubland.......................................C60 C.4.1...Atriplex obovata / Sporobolus airoides - Pleuraphis jamesii.Shrub.Herbaceous. Vegetation............................................................................................................................... .. C63 C.4.2...Bouteloua eriopoda - Pleuraphis jamesii.Herbaceous.Vegetation...............................C66 C.4.3.. Bouteloua gracilis - Pleuraphis jamesii.Herbaceous.Vegetation..................................C69 C.4.4...Bouteloua gracilis.Herbaceous.Vegetation.................................................................... C72 C.4.5...Calamovilfa gigantea.Desert.Wash.Shrub.Herbaceous.Vegetation.............................C75 C.4.6...Ericameria nauseosa / Bouteloua gracilis.Shrub.Herbaceous.Vegetation....................C77 C.4.7...Opuntia whipplei - Sporobolus airoides.Shrub.Herbaceous.Vegetation..................... [Park.Special].............................................................................................................................. C80 C.4.8...Pleuraphis jamesii - Sporobolus airoides.Herbaceous.Vegetation...............................C82 C2
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G4 B1 Cottonwood / Rubber Rabbitbru
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