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A.1358 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1358
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance is found in the northern and western Great Plains and is dominated by short and medium-tall graminoids with a total vegetation cover of nearly 100%. Shrubs are often absent, and forbs are present but not usually abundant. ~Hordeum jubatum$ is the dominant species. Other common species include ~Elymus trachycaulus, Distichlis spicata, Pascopyrum smithii, Poa arida, Poa compressa, Rumex crispus$, and ~Sonchus arvensis$. Stands are located in lowlands with moderately to strongly saline soils. The topography is flat and the soils are often briefly flooded or saturated in the spring. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1132.A1358
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: HORDEUM JUBATUM TEMPORARILY FLOODED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1358
  Common: Foxtail Barley Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Hordeum jubatum Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance