The name of my biotic community is the Lower Colorado River
Subdivision of the Sonoran Desert. It is located specifically downtown Phoenix
area but covers a much wider area all together. This community is dominated by
low shrubs, primarily creosote bush (L. tridentate) and white bursage (Ambrosia
dumosa). These shrubs don’t require much
water to survive but are most common by drainage ways. These plants can live up
to two years without water at all. The plants have very shallow roots to
intercept any water that falls on the soil.
I really like thinking about urban areas and what plant communities were there first. That valley would have really been something special. I was born in Phoenix and lived there until 1971. It was a perfect place to grow up partly because there were so many open spaces :-)
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