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A.1337 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1337
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes scoured riverbank 'prairies' in northeastern and southeastern United States, which may be called 'riverside prairies,' 'linear prairies,' 'rivershore grasslands,' or 'scoured riverine bluff prairie.' In addition to the nominal species, examples may also contain ~Schizachyrium scoparium, Chasmanthium latifolium$, and/or ~Panicum virgatum$, any of which could be locally dominant. These grasslands may be associated with dry cobble riverbanks and lakeshores, as well as flood-scoured, acidic or calcareous bedrock exposures associated with major rivers. This includes riverine gravel/cobble bar 'prairies' along the upper Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee; scour areas along high gradient sections of major rivers, such as in gorges in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and possibly farther west; and scoured limestone bluffs along the Duck River in Tennessee's Central Basin. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1110.A1337
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: V.A.5.N.j
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ANDROPOGON GERARDII - (SORGHASTRUM NUTANS) TEMPORARILY FLOODED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1337
  Common: Big Bluestem - (Yellow Indiangrass) Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Andropogon gerardii - (Sorghastrum nutans) Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance