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Riverine Gravel Flats Great Plains Sparse Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Riverine Gravel Flats Great Plains Sparse Vegetation
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This riverine gravel flats community is found in the central Great Plains of the United States. Stands occur along major rivers where gravel has been deposited on the first terraces of rivers. The substrate consists of a mixture of gravel and some sand, and soils are poorly developed or absent. Sites can occasionally be flooded in spring. Vegetation is sparse and often consists of nearly equal cover of annual grasses and annual or biennial forbs under 1 m tall. Sporobolus cryptandrus and Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata are conspicuous. In some sites, Populus deltoides may be scattered to woodland-like in structure. Shrubs are also scattered and uncommon, with Amorpha fruticosa the most frequent. Other herbaceous species that can occur include Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Chamaesyce glyptosperma, Chamaesyce serpyllifolia, Froelichia gracilis, Helianthus petiolaris, Opuntia macrorhiza, and Triplasis purpurea. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.17930.RIVERINEGRAVELF
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 02-Mar-1998 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Riverine Gravel Flats Great Plains Sparse Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683712 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005223
  Scientific: Riverine Gravel Flats Great Plains Sparse Vegetation
  Common: Great Plains Riverine Gravel Flats
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Great Plains Riverine Gravel Flats Sparse Vegetation