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EA: ECOSYSTEM_TYPE_OLSON
EE: SUCCULENT_THORN_SCRUB

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 85
EA label: ECOSYSTEM_TYPE_OLSON

Concept definition: Comprised of succulent/thorn <SHRUB>/<TREE>, having deciduous <VEGETATION> and a hot-mild, dry climate; succulent thorn scrub. Dominant taxa include Opuntia, Yucca, Agave, Acacia, Cavanillesia, and Zizyphus.
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [GEF1, Olson Ecosystem Type SUCTHORNSCRB: 59 (succulent thorn scrub)]
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