This article is about Burroweed (Ambrosia dumosa). For other uses, see Isocoma tenuisecta.
Ambrosia dumosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Ambrosia
Species:
A. dumosa
Binomial name
Ambrosia dumosa
(A.Gray) W.W.Payne
Synonyms[1][2]
Franseria albicaulis Torr.
Franseria dumosa A.Gray
Gaertnera dumosa (A.Gray) Kuntze
Gaertneria dumosa (A.Gray) Kuntze
Ambrosia dumosa, the burro-weed or white bursage, a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is a common constituent of the creosote-bush scrub community throughout the Mojave desert of California, Nevada, and Utah and the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and northwestern Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua).[3][4][5][6]
Ambrosia dumosa has been studied to determine allelopathic interactions with creosote bush, Larrea tridentata, which produces a chemical that inhibits the growth of A. dumosa.[citation needed] Other studies have suggested that A. dumosa roots produce a chemical that causes them to grow away from conspecific roots, preventing competition for water resources. In addition to burro-weed, A. dumosa is also commonly called white bursage, and burrobush.
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practically pure stands, though it usually occurs in association with Ambrosiadumosa (burro bush or bur-sage). Chemicals found in creosote bush roots have...
seasonal temperatures. Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) and bur sage (Ambrosiadumosa) dominate valley floors. Indigo bush (Psorothamnus fremontii) and Mormon...
associated with nurse plants. It often grows beneath the branches of Ambrosiadumosa. The habitat is desert scrub. There are two main population areas in...
northern part of Mexico and along the West Coast of the United States. AmbrosiaDumosa (commonly known as Burroweed) is a common microphyllous drought deciduous...
(up to 20%) cover of perennial low shrubs and herbs such as bursage (Ambrosiadumosa) and longleaf jointfir (Ephedra trifurca) with creosote bush (Larrea...
food. The seeds of perennial shrubs such as Larrea tridentata and Ambrosiadumosa are included in its diet. Wheeler, William Morton; Creighton, William...
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infrequent rains. Dominant plants in the valleys are low shrubs such as Ambrosiadumosa (white bursage) and Larrea tridentata (creosote bush). Over half of...
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