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Hordeum jubatum Great Basin Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Hordeum jubatum Great Basin Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This foxtail barley community type is found in the mountains and basins of the western United States and Canada north into the Boreal Plains of Alberta, in intermountain parks in Colorado and northeastern Utah and may occur elsewhere in the interior western U.S. Stands are found in lowlands with moderately to strongly saline or alkaline soils. The topography is flat, and the soils are often flooded or saturated in the spring. The vegetation is dominated by short and medium tall graminoids with a total vegetation cover of nearly 100%. Shrubs are usually absent. <i>Hordeum jubatum</i> dominates the community. Other common species in this community are <i>Elymus trachycaulus, Distichlis spicata, Pascopyrum smithii, Poa arida, Poa compressa</i>, and <i>Rumex crispus</i>.  Accession Code: VB.CC.31644.CEGL005285 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:   Common: Foxtail Barley Meadow   Translated: Foxtail Barley Great Basin Herbaceous Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.839370 NatureServe Explorer   Scientific: Hordeum jubatum Great Basin Herbaceous Vegetation   Code: CEGL005285