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Bouteloua hirsuta - (Muhlenbergia filipes) Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Bouteloua hirsuta - (Muhlenbergia filipes) Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This is the main coastal grassland community on Cayo Costa and North Captiva islands and formerly on Sanibel Island, Lee County, Florida, dominated by Bouteloua hirsuta, which forms a dense sod excluding, for the most part, the more typical coastal grasses, such as Muhlenbergia filipes, Schizachyrium spp., and Spartina patens. This community may also have occurred on Gasparilla Island (immediately to the north of Cayo Costa) where Bouteloua hirsuta is now known only from an abandoned golf course. Other characteristic species include Ernodea littoralis, Chiococca parvifolia (= Chiococca pinetorum), Lantana depressa var. sanibelensis, Trichostema [sp. nov. ined.], Opuntia stricta, Dodonaea viscosa, Cnidoscolus stimulosus, and Aristida patula. Dispersed throughout the grassland are shrub islands of Sabal palmetto surrounded by tropical shrubs such as Jacquinia keyensis, Myrsine floridana (= Rapanea punctata), Chiococca alba, and Forestiera segregata. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.25866.BOUTELOUAHIRSUT
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Feb-1995 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Hairy Grama - (Southern Hairgrass) Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688862 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004093
  Scientific: Bouteloua hirsuta - (Muhlenbergia filipes) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Common: Southwest Florida Coastal Grassland (Hairy Grama Type)
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Bouteloua hirsuta - (Muhlenbergia filipes) Herbaceous Vegetation