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Name: Sporobolus silveanus Herbaceous Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This tallgrass alliance is known from Alfisols in the northeastern portion of the Blackland Prairie of Texas. The dominant species include Sporobolus silveanus, Tridens strictus, Paspalum floridanum, Carex meadii, and Fimbristylis puberula; other typical species (some in a lower stratum) include Dichanthelium oligosanthes, Dichanthelium linearifolium, Dichanthelium aciculare, Panicum virgatum, Paspalum floridanum, Coelorachis cylindrica, Aira elegans, Eragrostis hirsuta, Eragrostis capillaris, Neptunia lutea, Linum medium, Symphyotrichum ericoides (= Aster ericoides), and Symphyotrichum pratense (= Aster sericeus var. microphyllus). Areas which have been mowed or overgrazed may have Andropogon ternarius, Rudbeckia maxima, Marshallia caespitosa, or scattered woody species such as Maclura pomifera or Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana. One association occurs on loamy, low pH upland soils classified as Alfisols. This alliance is rare and has a very limited distribution. Remaining examples have been impacted by overgrazing and lack of prescribed burning. Much of the original acreage has been converted to row crops or tame pasture, or has succeeded to woodland. The exact species composition varies with changes in microtopography. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.27203.SPOROBOLUSSILVE
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 silveanus Herbaceous Alliance
  Translated: Silveus Dropseed Herbaceous Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.126595 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.1231