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A.1346 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1346
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Riverbank 'scour prairies' with ~Schizachyrium scoparium$ as the primary grass. Associations placed in this alliance have been dominated from boulder 'scour prairies' on the Yadkin River in Montgomery and Stanley counties, North Carolina, and from the Ocoee and Hiwasee rivers in southeastern Tennessee. In Yadkin County, NC, the scour prairie is dominated by ~Schizachyrium scoparium, Sporobolus clandestinus, Solidago plumosa, Symphyotrichum dumosum (= Aster dumosus)$, and many other herbaceous species. Typical woody species here include ~Gelsemium sempervirens, Amorpha fruticosa, Amorpha schwerinii$, and others. In Polk County, Tennessee, the principal grasses are ~Schizachyrium scoparium, Andropogon ternarius$, and ~Panicum$ sp. Other abundant herbaceous species include ~Liatris microcephala, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (= Aster novae-angliae), Solidago$ sp., ~Coreopsis tripteris$, and ~Agalinis$ sp. This alliance is likely extremely restricted naturally, being limited to short stretches of rivers. Its habitat has been affected and limited by the effects of impoundments and resulting changes in flooding regimes. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1120.A1346
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: SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM TEMPORARILY FLOODED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1346
  Common: Little Bluestem Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Schizachyrium scoparium Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance