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Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea - Sporobolus heterolepis Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea - Sporobolus heterolepis Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This mesic big bluestem prairie community is found in the northern tallgrass prairie region of the United States and Canada. Stands occur on black, friable, organic-rich soils and have surface horizons that are high in bases. During the warm season, soils are intermittently dry for long periods or have subsurface horizons in which salts or carbonates have accumulated. This is a grassland community with dense vegetation dominated by tall grasses. Forbs are abundant and often have high local diversity. Clumps of trees and tall brush can often be found along the boundary between wetlands and this community. Otherwise, woody vegetation is rare. Andropogon gerardii, Sporobolus heterolepis, and Hesperostipa spartea (= Stipa spartea), and occasionally Sorghastrum nutans, are the most abundant species in this community. Amorpha canescens, Symphyotrichum ericoides (= Aster ericoides), and Solidago canadensis are common forbs across this community's range. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.18254.ANDROPOGONGERAR
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Big Bluestem - Porcupine Grass - Prairie Dropseed Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683202 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002202
  Scientific: Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea - Sporobolus heterolepis Herbaceous Vegetation
  Common: Northern Mesic Tallgrass Prairie
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea - Sporobolus heterolepis Herbaceous Vegetation