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Pseudoroegneria spicata - Achnatherum hymenoides Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pseudoroegneria spicata - Achnatherum hymenoides Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This sparse grassland association has been described from western Colorado, south-central Wyoming, and southwestern Montana. Stands occupy rocky or badland slopes with shallow, usually unstable soils. Common species in the sparse vegetation are <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i> (which generally dominates) and <i>Achnatherum hymenoides (= Oryzopsis hymenoides)</i>. Among the other species which may be present, usually in small amounts, are <i>Gutierrezia sarothrae, Aristida purpurea var. longiseta (= Aristida longiseta), Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis, Phlox</i> spp., <i>Artemisia frigida</i>, and <i>Ericameria</i> spp. (= <i>Chrysothamnus</i> spp.). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.32756.CEGL001674
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]
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  Common: Bluebunch Wheatgrass - Indian Ricegrass Mixedgrass Prairie
  Translated: Bluebunch Wheatgrass - Indian Ricegrass Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Pseudoroegneria spicata - Achnatherum hymenoides Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL001674