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Spiraea tomentosa - Salix humilis / Andropogon gerardii - Panicum virgatum Shrubland | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Spiraea tomentosa - Salix humilis / Andropogon gerardii - Panicum virgatum Shrubland
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This wet-mesic sand shrub meadow is found in the central tallgrass prairie-forest border region of Illinois in the United States. Stands occur in depressions of glacial lakeplains. Shrub species include the dominants Spiraea tomentosa, Salix humilis, Rubus hispidus, and Gaylussacia baccata, along with Photinia floribunda (= Aronia prunifolia) and Vaccinium angustifolium. Herbaceous species include the dominants Andropogon gerardii and Panicum virgatum, as well as Bartonia virginica, Osmunda regalis, Parthenium integrifolium, Pedicularis canadensis, and Viola lanceolata. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.24690.SPIRAEATOMENTOS
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Steeplebush - Prairie Willow / Big Bluestem - Switchgrass Shrubland
  Scientific: Spiraea tomentosa - Salix humilis / Andropogon gerardii - Panicum virgatum Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687777 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005069
  Common: Hardhack Wet-Mesic Sand Shrub Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Spiraea tomentosa - Salix humilis / Andropogon gerardii - Panicum virgatum Shrubland