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Pascopyrum smithii - Bouteloua gracilis - Carex filifolia Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pascopyrum smithii - Bouteloua gracilis - Carex filifolia Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This western wheatgrass prairie community occurs throughout much of the northwestern Great Plains of the United States and Canada, on flat or gently sloping terrain. Many stands are on floodplains or gentle valley slopes. Some are on uplands. The soils are clay loam, silt loam, or loam and usually deep and fertile. This community is dominated by medium and short graminoids. The midgrass stratum is dominated by Pascopyrum smithii or Elymus lanceolatus. Common associates include Koeleria macrantha, Hesperostipa comata (= Stipa comata), and Nassella viridula. Hesperostipa comata is more common on the upper slopes and drier upland sites with sandier soils, whereas Nassella viridula is more common on the lower slopes and floodplains with finer-textured soils. The most common short graminoid is Bouteloua gracilis. Other common graminoids include Carex filifolia, Carex inops ssp. heliophila, Carex duriuscula (= Carex eleocharis), and Carex pensylvanica. Forbs do not contribute much of the canopy cover but they are scattered throughout this community. Typical forbs are Tragopogon dubius, Gaura coccinea, Hedeoma hispida, Phlox hoodii and Sphaeralcea coccinea.  Accession Code: VB.CC.19062.PASCOPYRUMSMITH Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pascopyrum smithii Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Western Wheatgrass - Blue Grama - Threadleaf Sedge Herbaceous Vegetation   Scientific: Pascopyrum smithii - Bouteloua gracilis - Carex filifolia Herbaceous Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683738 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL001579   Common: Western Wheatgrass - Blue Grama - Threadleaf Sedge Prairie (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Pascopyrum smithii - Bouteloua gracilis - Carex filifolia Herbaceous Vegetation