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Mixed desert shrub is a plant community, or vegetation type, found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.[1]: 3  It is supported by a range of overlapping and intergrading soil types.[1]: 3  Characteristic dominant plant species include rubber rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus), fourwinged saltbrush (Atriplex canescens), blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima), and dwarf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus intricatus).[1]: 3  It is generally located at the elevation belt (zone) above sand desert shrub and below cool desert shrub.[1]: 3 

References

  1. ^ a b c d Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7


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