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Sporobolus airoides Intermittently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Sporobolus airoides Intermittently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This alliance includes vegetation characterized by Sporobolus airoides, typically in saline or alkaline habitats. In western Texas, communities of this alliance are found in depressions among gypsum ridges and on salt flats at elevations around 1100 m (3600 feet). Associates known from western Texas occurrences include Allenrolfea occidentalis, Suaeda suffrutescens, Atriplex canescens, Tamarix ramosissima, Isocoma pluriflora, Hoffmannseggia glauca, Cressa truxillensis, Frankenia jamesii, Tiquilia hispidissima, Dicranocarpus parviflorus, Brickellia eupatorioides var. chlorolepis, Lepidium montanum, and Sphaeralcea hastulata. The main distribution of this alliance is west of Texas, with associations in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, and possibly in California. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.25973.SPOROBOLUSAIROI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Sporobolus airoides Intermittently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
  Translated: Alkali Sacaton Intermittently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.124801 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.1331