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Bouteloua eriopoda - Pleuraphis jamesii Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Bouteloua eriopoda - Pleuraphis jamesii Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This Colorado Plateau desert grassland has been documented from the upper Rio Puerco watershed in northwestern New Mexico and in north-central Arizona. Stands occur on flat to gently sloping plains, basin floors, and mesas. Substrates are variable and include loam to clay-loam soils derived from basalt outcrop, clay and sandstone; and coarser-textured soils derived from black cinders and sandstone. Bouteloua eriopoda and Pleuraphis jamesii (= Hilaria jamesii) dominate the low to moderate herbaceous cover. Associates include low cover of Aristida purpurea, Bouteloua gracilis, Hesperostipa neomexicana (= Stipa neomexicana), Muhlenbergia porteri, Sporobolus airoides, and Sporobolus cryptandrus. Shrubs are few and scattered and may include Atriplex canescens, Ephedra torreyana, Ericameria nauseosa, and Gutierrezia sarothrae. The presence of Bouteloua eriopoda and Muhlenbergia porteri suggests that this grassland is transitional to Chihuahuan Desert grasslands that begin over 100 miles to the south. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.26354.BOUTELOUAERIOPO
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Black Grama - James' Galleta Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689262 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Scientific: Bouteloua eriopoda - Pleuraphis jamesii Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL001751
  Common: Black Grama - Galleta Shortgrass Prairie
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Bouteloua eriopoda - Pleuraphis jamesii Herbaceous Vegetation