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Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Dalea purpurea - Silphium integrifolium Jackson Prairie Herbaceous Vegetation | Jones, S. B. 1971. A virgin prai...
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Dalea purpurea - Silphium integrifolium Jackson Prairie Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Jones, S. B. 1971. A virgin prai...
Description: This association includes remnants of prairie vegetation in the Jackson Prairie region of the upper Coastal Plain of Mississippi and adjacent Alabama. Examples occur on calcareous clay islands consisting of gently sloping uplands surrounded by pine-hardwood forests on acidic soils. The most prominent tall grasses of this association are <i>Andropogon gerardii, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum nutans</i>, and <i>Panicum virgatum</i>. Additional tall grasses include <i>Tripsacum dactyloides, Andropogon glomeratus</i>, and <i>Paspalum floridanum</i>. Along with <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>, two other species provided over 50% cover in prairie openings; these are <i>Carex cherokeensis</i> and <i>Helenium autumnale</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.30923.CEGL004020
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685425 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Mississippi Jackson Calcareous Clay Prairie
  Translated: Little Bluestem - Indiangrass - Purple Prairie-clover - Wholeleaf Rosinweed Jackson Prairie Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Dalea purpurea - Silphium integrifolium Jackson Prairie Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004020