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Hesperostipa neomexicana Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Hesperostipa neomexicana Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This <i>Hesperostipa neomexicana (= Stipa neomexicana)</i> community occurs on extremely dry and warm sites in the southeastern Colorado Great Plains, along the adjacent Rocky Mountain foothills, and in the San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado. It has been documented on rocky (basalt), steep, southerly slopes at the higher elevations of its range or on any aspect on limestone or shale outcrops at lower elevations. The community is a grassland that is most often heavily dominated by the cool-season, bunchgrass <i>Hesperostipa neomexicana</i>. Good condition stands have abundant <i>Hesperostipa neomexicana</i> with many plants having touching or overlapping canopies. <i>Bouteloua gracilis</i> is nearly always present in this community and is more abundant in degraded stands or on ecotones to finer textured soils. A similar association, the ~<i>Hesperostipa neomexicana</i> Mixed Prairie Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL001711)$$, occurs in New Mexico but differs in that it is more species-rich and generally not so heavily dominated by <i>Hesperostipa neomexicana</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34118.CEGL001708
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.2.689599 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: New Mexico Feathergrass Mixedgrass Prairie
  Translated: New Mexico Feathergrass Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Hesperostipa neomexicana Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL001708