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Juglans microcarpa / Sorghastrum nutans Shrubland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Juglans microcarpa / Sorghastrum nutans Shrubland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community occurs in intermittently to temporarily flooded streambeds and stream margins with headwaters in montane areas. Even when the streambed is dry, it is usually subirrigated; following rains, the streambed can be shallowly inundated for several weeks at a time. Woody vegetation is extremely variable in height and density, varying from shrubby growth to well-developed trees, and from an open canopy to widely scattered individuals. Juglans microcarpa is the most abundant and most characteristic woody species; others include Fraxinus velutina, Baccharis salicifolia, Fallugia paradoxa, and Ostrya knowltonii. The streambed and margins are dominated by Sorghastrum nutans, with other herbs including Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium (= Schizachyrium scoparium ssp. neomexicanum), Andropogon gerardii, Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya, Bothriochloa barbinodis (= var. barbinodis), Leptochloa dubia, and other scattered herbs, many typical of adjoining upland areas. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22582.JUGLANSMICROCAR
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Oct-1996 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Little Walnut / Yellow Indiangrass Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686236 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004594
  Scientific: Juglans microcarpa / Sorghastrum nutans Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Juglans microcarpa / Sorghastrum nutans Scrub Woodland