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Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Dalea purpurea - Silphium integrifolium Jackson Prairie Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Dalea purpurea - Silphium integrifolium Jackson Prairie Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This association includes remnants of prairie vegetation in the Jackson Prairie region of the upper Coastal Plain of Mississippi. Examples occur on calcareous clay islands consisting of gently sloping uplands surrounded by pine-hardwood forests on acid soils. The most prominent tall grasses of this association are Andropogon gerardii, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum nutans, and Panicum virgatum. Additional tall grasses include Tripsacum dactyloides, Andropogon glomeratus, and Paspalum floridanum. Along with Schizachyrium scoparium, two other species provided over 50% cover in prairie openings; these are Carex cherokeensis and Helenium autumnale. Other plants closely affiliated with less disturbed prairie openings include Dalea purpurea, Dalea candida, Sporobolus compositus var. macer, Muhlenbergia capillaris, Penstemon laxiflorus (= Penstemon australis ssp. laxiflorus), Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (= Aster novae-angliae), Echinacea purpurea, Manfreda virginica, Ruellia purshiana, Desmanthus illinoensis, and Spiranthes magnicamporum.  Accession Code: VB.CC.21672.SCHIZACHYRIUMSC Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Mar-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Little Bluestem - Yellow Indiangrass - Purple Prairie-clover - Prairie Rosinweed Jackson Prairie Herbaceous Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685425 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004020   Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Dalea purpurea - Silphium integrifolium Jackson Prairie Herbaceous Vegetation   Common: Mississippi Jackson Calcareous Clay Prairie (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Dalea purpurea - Silphium integrifolium Jackson Prairie Herbaceous Vegetation