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Distichlis spicata - (Hordeum jubatum, Poa arida, Sporobolus airoides) Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Distichlis spicata - (Hordeum jubatum, Poa arida, Sporobolus airoides) Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This saline wetland community is found in the central and southern Great Plains of the United States, on level to gently sloping stream terraces, foot slopes, and shallow depressions that are flooded for a few weeks in the spring. Soils are fine sand to clay, well to moderately poorly drained, and usually deep. The soils are moderately to strongly saline and tend to have alkaline pH. Dominant vegetation is halophytic short and mid grasses, which are moderately dense and tall on less saline sites and moderately sparse and shorter on more saline sites. Species diversity also increases on less saline sites. Distichlis spicata is typically one of the most abundant species. Iva annua, Hordeum jubatum, Poa arida, and Sporobolus airoides can be present to codominant. Other common species include Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis (= Leptochloa fascicularis), Pascopyrum smithii (especially on less saline sites), Suaeda calceoliformis, and Salicornia rubra. Low shrubs, notably Atriplex patula and Sarcobatus vermiculatus, may be scattered across this community.  Accession Code: VB.CC.24270.DISTICHLISSPICA Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Distichlis spicata - (Hordeum jubatum) Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Saltgrass - (Foxtail Barley, Prairie Bluegrass, Alkali Sacaton) Herbaceous Vegetation   Common: Southern Great Plains Saline Meadow   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687703 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002042   Scientific: Distichlis spicata - (Hordeum jubatum, Poa arida, Sporobolus airoides) Herbaceous Vegetation (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Distichlis spicata - (Hordeum jubatum, Poa arida, Sporobolus airoides) Herbaceous Vegetation