Title | Vegetation and community types of the Chihuahuan Desert |
Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
Year of Publication | 1986 |
Authors | Henrickson J, Johnston MC |
Editor | Barlow JC, Powell MA, Timmermann BN(eds.) |
Conference Name | Second Symposium on Resources of the Chihuahuan Desert Region: United States and Mexico |
Pagination | 20-39 |
Date Published | 10/1986 |
Publisher | Allen Press |
Conference Location | Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, Sul Ross State University |
Call Number | 00116 |
Keywords | abstract, abstracts, chaparral community, community types, conference, conference proceedings, conferences, grassland community, montane chaparral community, montane woodland community, proceeding, proceedings, shrub community, vegetation types, woodland community |
Abstract | A classification of plant communities of the Chihuahuan Desert Region, inclusive of all montane habitats is presented. A total of 16 intergrading communities is recognized including eight Desert Scrub and Woodland communities: Chihuahuan Desert Scrub (with 5 facies), Lechuguilla Scrub, Yucca Woodland, Prosopis-Atriplex Scrub, Alkali Scrub, Gypsophilous Scrub, Arborescent Cactus Scrub, and Riparian Woodland; three Grassland communities: Grama Grassland, Sacaton Grassland, and Tobosa Grassland; a Chaparral community: Montane Chaparral; and four Montane Woodland communities: Juniper-Pinyon Woodland, Oak Woodland, Pine Woodland, and Mixed Fir Forest. |
URL | files/bibliography/JRN00116.pdf |
Custom 1 | Lawrence, Kansas |