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Panicum virgatum - (Andropogon virginicus) Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Panicum virgatum - (Andropogon virginicus) Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This herbaceous community is found on dry sandy soils in abandoned agricultural fields and along roadsides from coastal Massachusetts to Maryland. Diagnostic features include the dominance of <i>Panicum virgatum</i> in an upland environmental setting. <i>Panicum virgatum</i> is the dominant species, but <i>Andropogon virginicus</i> may be codominant. Other species may include <i>Conyza canadensis, Tridens flavus, Rhexia mariana, Juncus tenuis, Helenium autumnale, Ageratina altissima (= Eupatorium rugosum), Sorghastrum nutans</i>, and <i>Dichanthelium clandestinum (= Panicum clandestinum)</i>. <i>Solidago rugosa, Rumex acetosella</i>, and <i>Anthoxanthum odoratum</i> are associates documented from Massachusetts. Scattered shrubs including <i>Morella pensylvanica</i> are often present. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.30953.CEGL006616
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.2.816015 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Upland Switchgrass Vegetation
  Translated: Switchgrass - (Broomsedge Bluestem) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Panicum virgatum - (Andropogon virginicus) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL006616