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Bouteloua eriopoda - Pleuraphis jamesii Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Bouteloua eriopoda - Pleuraphis jamesii Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This Colorado Plateau desert grassland has been documented from the upper Rio Puerco watershed in northwestern New Mexico, in north-central Arizona and southeastern Utah, and extends south to central New Mexico at Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge. Stands occur on flat to gently sloping plains, basin floors, mesatops, and less often on steeply sloping mesa sides. Substrates are variable and include loam to clay-loam soils derived from basalt outcrop, shale, clay and sandstone, and coarser textured soils derived from black cinders and sandstone. <i>Bouteloua eriopoda</i> and <i>Pleuraphis jamesii (= Hilaria jamesii)</i> dominate the low to moderate herbaceous cover. Associates include low cover of <i>Aristida purpurea, Bouteloua gracilis, Hesperostipa neomexicana (= Stipa neomexicana), Muhlenbergia porteri, Sporobolus airoides</i>, and <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus</i>. Shrubs are few and scattered and may include <i>Atriplex canescens, Ephedra torreyana, Ephedra viridis, Ericameria nauseosa</i>, and <i>Gutierrezia sarothrae</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34433.CEGL001751
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
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  Common: Black Grama - Galleta Shortgrass Prairie
  Translated: Black Grama - James' Galleta Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Bouteloua eriopoda - Pleuraphis jamesii Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL001751