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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: Riverbank 'scour prairies' with Schizachyrium scoparium as the primary grass. Associations placed in this alliance have been dominated from boulder 'scour prairies' on the Yadkin River in Montgomery and Stanley counties, North Carolina, and from the Ocoee and Hiwasee rivers in southeastern Tennessee. In Yadkin County, NC, the scour prairie is dominated by Schizachyrium scoparium, Sporobolus clandestinus, Solidago plumosa, Symphyotrichum dumosum (= Aster dumosus), and many other herbaceous species. Typical woody species here include Gelsemium sempervirens, Amorpha fruticosa, Amorpha schwerinii, and others. In Polk County, Tennessee, the principal grasses are Schizachyrium scoparium, Andropogon ternarius, and Panicum sp. Other abundant herbaceous species include Liatris microcephala, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (= Aster novae-angliae), Solidago sp., Coreopsis tripteris, and Agalinis sp. This alliance is likely extremely restricted naturally, being limited to short stretches of rivers. Its habitat has been affected and limited by the effects of impoundments and resulting changes in flooding regimes. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.21939.SCHIZACHYRIUMSC
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
  Translated: Little Bluestem Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.124938 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.1346