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Eroding Great Plains Badlands Sparse Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Eroding Great Plains Badlands Sparse Vegetation
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Description: This eroding slopes, badlands sparse vegetation type is found in the badlands formations of the western Great Plains of the United States and Canada. Badlands are produced by a combination of factors, including elevation, type of rainfall, carving action of streams, and a particular material. Badlands are basically a type of mature dissection with a finely textured drainage pattern and steep slopes. Eroding slopes form where the land lies well above its local base level. The land must also be easily erodible, or vegetation cover will stabilize the surface. An arid climate will also discourage vegetation growth and will tend to have infrequent, but torrential, rains with great eroding action. The soils in these eroding slopes are generally poorly consolidated clays with bands of sandstone or isolated conglomerates. The badland clays may be almost devoid of vegetation. Widely scattered individuals of Grindelia squarrosa, Gutierrezia sarothrae, or Eriogonum pauciflorum may be present. Eriogonum visheri, a spring annual, is a rare plant found primarily in badlands in the Dakotas. Astragalus barrii is another uncommon Great Plains species that is associated with these badlands habitats. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22378.ERODINGGREATPLA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Eroding Great Plains Badlands Sparse Vegetation
  Code: CEGL002050
  Scientific: Eroding Great Plains Badlands Sparse Vegetation
  Common: Eroding Great Plains Badlands
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687090 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
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(undetermined) Eroding Great Plains Badlands Sparse Vegetation