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Sporobolus silveanus - Carex meadii Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Sporobolus silveanus - Carex meadii Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community occurs on Alfisols in the northeastern portion of the Blackland Prairie of Texas. Sporobolus silveanus, Carex meadii, and Fimbristylis puberula are the dominant species. Other typical species include Tridens strictus, Dichanthelium oligosanthes, Panicum virgatum, Paspalum floridanum, Coelorachis cylindrica, Neptunia lutea, Linum medium, Symphyotrichum ericoides (= Aster ericoides), Symphyotrichum pratense (= Aster sericeus var. microphyllus), Helianthus mollis, Liatris pycnostachya, Liatris aspera, Coreopsis tinctoria, Baptisia sphaerocarpa, Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea (= Baptisia leucophaea), Eryngium yuccifolium, and Silphium radula (= Silphium asperrimum). This association sometimes occurs within mima-mound microtopography. Mima mounds are small circular hills which are often more than 1 m in height and 1-14 m across (Diamond and Smeins 1993). Three distinct vegetation zones and as many as four different habitats can occur within a single mound (Collins 1975). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.27292.SPOROBOLUSSILVE
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Aug-1996 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Silveus Dropseed - Mead's Sedge Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689422 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Scientific: Sporobolus silveanus - Carex meadii Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004521
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Sporobolus silveanus - Carex meadii Herbaceous Vegetation