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Bouteloua gracilis Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Bouteloua gracilis Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This minor plant association is reported from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Sites are flat to gently sloping and include plains, plateaus and montane meadows at elevations ranging from 1660-2780 m (5420-9115 feet). Substrates are variable and range from coarse-textured soils derived from sand, gravel, old lavaflows, kipukas, alluvium, limestone, sandstone, granite or cinder to silty clay loam prairie soils. The vegetation is characterized by a moderate to dense (25-80% cover) herbaceous layer that is strongly dominated by the warm-season, perennial shortgrass <i>Bouteloua gracilis</i>. Associated grasses are <i>Bouteloua curtipendula, Elymus elymoides, Muhlenbergia</i> spp., <i>Pascopyrum smithii, Pleuraphis jamesii (= Hilaria jamesii), Sporobolus cryptandrus</i>, and the introduced annual grass <i>Bromus tectorum</i>. Forb cover is sparse but may be diverse over the range of the type. Scattered <i>Ericameria </i><i>nauseosa, Tetradymia canescens</i>, and <i>Gutierrezia sarothrae</i> shrubs and an occasional <i>Pinus edulis, Juniperus</i> spp., or <i>Pinus</i><i> ponderosa</i> tree (in montane stands) may be present. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34251.CEGL001760
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: Blue Grama Shortgrass Prairie
  Translated: Blue Grama Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Bouteloua gracilis Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL001760