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Schizachyrium scoparium - Aristida basiramea - Sporobolus cryptandrus - Eragrostis trichodes Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Aristida basiramea - Sporobolus cryptandrus - Eragrostis trichodes Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This sand/gravel prairie community is found in the central Great Plains of the United States. Stands occur on upland terraces and slopes associated with dissected plains. Soils are very well-drained and vary from sandy loams to coarse sand and gravels formed in old alluvium or glacial till. Vegetation is dominated by a variety of mid and tall grasses (but not Andropogon hallii or Calamovilfa longifolia). In eastern Nebraska, dominants on sandy soils include a tallgrass layer of Andropogon gerardii, Sorghastrum nutans, and a midgrass layer of Schizachyrium scoparium, Eragrostis trichodes, and Sporobolus cryptandrus. Bouteloua gracilis and Bouteloua hirsuta may be present as a shortgrass layer. Other graminoids present include Aristida basiramea, Digitaria cognata, Carex duriuscula, Carex praegracilis, and Cyperus schweinitzii. In more western locations in Nebraska, dominant graminoids on sand and gravel include the above species, and also western forbs, such as Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata, Heterotheca villosa, Hymenopappus tenuifolius, Opuntia macrorhiza, as well as a variety of annual forbs typical of the Sandhills region prairies. Yucca glauca can be a common shrub component.  Accession Code: VB.CC.20862.SCHIZACHYRIUMSC Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 02-Mar-1998 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Schizachyrium scoparium - (Sporobolus cryptandrus) Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Little Bluestem - Annual Three-awn - Sand Dropseed - Sand Lovegrass Herbaceous Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685281 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL005221   Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Aristida basiramea - Sporobolus cryptandrus - Eragrostis trichodes Herbaceous Vegetation   Common: Central Plains Sand/Gravel Prairie (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Schizachyrium scoparium - Aristida basiramea - Sporobolus cryptandrus - Eragrostis trichodes Herbaceous Vegetation