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Leymus triticoides Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Leymus triticoides Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: Once a widespread grassland of California on heavy clay soils, <i>Leymus triticoides</i> grasslands today are restricted to relict places in California's Central Valley and neighboring coastal and Sierra Nevada foothills. It has also been documented along riparian areas in Nevada. It occurs on clay or clay loam soils and has been documented along the margins of marshes, as narrow bands of wetland-upland borders as a natural ecotones, and along levee tops and margins of marshes adjacent to zones intermittent flooding. In addition, stands have been documented along riparian floodplains. <i>Leymus triticoides</i> dominates the herbaceous layer but is rarely found without several introduced annual plants such as <i>Sonchus</i> spp., <i>Vulpia myuros, Polypogon monspeliensis, Lactuca serriola, Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum (= Lolium multiflorum), Bromus diandrus</i>, or <i>Avena fatua</i>. Stands in valley bottoms may have a few emergent oak trees or elderberry, giving this grassland a savanna-like appearance. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31818.CEGL001571
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
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  Translated: Beardless Wildrye Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL001571
  Scientific: Leymus triticoides Herbaceous Vegetation