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Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Andropogon gerardii - Bifora americana Vertisol Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Andropogon gerardii - Bifora americana Vertisol Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This tallgrass prairie community occurs on Vertisols in the southern and central portions of the Blackland Prairie and in the Fayette Prairie regions of Texas. In the northern Blackland Prairie region this type dominates areas where gilgai are poorly developed, as well as occurring in microhighs of gilgai microtopography in close association with ~<i>Tripsacum dactyloides - Panicum virgatum - Sorghastrum nutans - Helianthus maximiliani</i> Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL002217)$$. Secondary grass species include <i>Nassella leucotricha, Bouteloua curtipendula, Elymus canadensis</i>, and <i>Koeleria macrantha (= Koeleria pyramidata)</i>. Associated forbs and legumes include <i>Silphium radula, Helianthus maximiliani, Hedyotis nigricans, Symphyotrichum ericoides (= Aster ericoides), Phlox pilosa, Callirhoe alcaeoides, Castilleja purpurea, Salvia azurea, Eryngium yuccifolium, Liatris mucronata, Dalea multiflora, Dalea tenuis, Astragalus crassicarpus</i>, and <i>Mimosa roemeriana (= Schrankia roemeriana)</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35147.CEGL004027
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
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Names:   Common: Vertisol Blackland Prairie
  Translated: Little Bluestem - Indiangrass - Big Bluestem - Prairie Bishop Vertisol Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Andropogon gerardii - Bifora americana Vertisol Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004027
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684000 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo