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A.2554 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.2554
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance consists of open prairie grasslands with a shrub component. It is limited to the northern Great Plains, east of the Continental Divide. It occurs on deep, well-drained spoils in and around the breaklands, along stream terraces and floodplains, and small mesic draws and swales that have escaped the plow. The shrub layer is dominated by ~Artemisia cana ssp. cana$. Shrub cover ranges from 0.5-1.5 m tall, and shrub canopy cover is 10-50%. On sandy uplands associated graminoid species include ~Calamovilfa longifolia, Hesperostipa comata, Achnatherum hymenoides$, and ~Bouteloua gracilis$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1819.A2554
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 16-Apr-2002 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: V.A.7.N.e
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ARTEMISIA CANA SSP. CANA SHRUB HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.2554
  Common: Plains Silver Sagebrush Shrub Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Artemisia cana ssp. cana Shrub Herbaceous Alliance