Name:
Bigelowia nuttallii - Aristida dichotoma - Houstonia rosea / Cladonia spp. Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This community is a saline prairie associated with high sodium substrates, possibly associated with inland salt domes, in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas. Vegetation is patchy, with much bare soil. The location of these bare soil areas, called 'slicks' in Arkansas, is variable through time. Aristida dichotoma (forktip three-awn)is dominant in this community. Typical species include Bigelowia nuttallii, Minuartia muscorum (= Minuartia muriculata), Nothoscordum bivalve, Tradescantia occidentalis, Houstonia rosea, Houstonia micrantha, Houstonia pusilla, Oenothera linifolia, Isolepis carinata (= Isolepis koilolepis), Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium, Sporobolus coromandelianus (= Sporobolus pyramidatus), Lepuropetalon spathulatum, Neptunia lutea, Krigia occidentalis, Plantago sp., Coreopsis tinctoria, Geocarpon minimum, Anemone caroliniana, Polypremum procumbens, Hedeoma hispida, Aristida dichotoma, Anagallis minima, Spergularia echinosperma, Schoenolirion wrightii, Talinum parviflorum, Hordeum pusillum, Drosera brevifolia, Mimosa strigillosa, Ophioglossum crotalophoroides, and Callirhoe papaver.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.24256.BIGELOWIANUTTAL
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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