Question

On a hike along the desert slope of the sierra nevada mountains in california, you notice that there is an abundance of pinyon pine and juniper trees. we would identify these two plants as:

Answer 1

We would identify these two plants as ECOLOGICAL DOMINANTS. Ecological dominants refer to a small number of species that are abundant in a given community, they are more numerous than all other species in the community. Dominance can be as a result of number, size or productivity.