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Hesperostipa neomexicana Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Hesperostipa neomexicana Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This Hesperostipa neomexicana (= Stipa neomexicana) community occurs on extremely dry and warm sites in the southeastern Colorado Great Plains, along the adjacent Rocky Mountain foothills, and in the San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado. It has been documented on rocky (basalt), steep, southerly slopes at the higher elevations of its range or on any aspect on limestone or shale outcrops at lower elevations. The community is a grassland that is most often heavily dominated by the cool-season, bunchgrass Hesperostipa neomexicana. Good condition stands have abundant Hesperostipa neomexicana with many plants having touching or overlapping canopies. Bouteloua gracilis is nearly always present in this community and is more abundant in degraded stands or on ecotones to finer textured soils. A similar association, the Hesperostipa neomexicana Mixed Prairie Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL001711), occurs in New Mexico but differs in that it is more species-rich and generally not so heavily dominated by Hesperostipa neomexicana. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.26710.HESPEROSTIPANEO
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: New Mexico Needlegrass Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689599 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Scientific: Hesperostipa neomexicana Herbaceous Vegetation
  Common: New Mexican Feathergrass Mixedgrass Prairie
  Code: CEGL001708
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Hesperostipa neomexicana Herbaceous Vegetation