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Sporobolus wrightii Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Sporobolus wrightii Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association includes saline grasslands occurring in the lower Rio Grande Valley and extends as far west as Arivaca Cienega, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. Stands occur at the base of many clay dunes (lomas). This grassland occurs on clayey substrates at the wetland/upland boundary; the hydrology is unclear. The vegetation is characterized by a moderately dense to dense herbaceous layer dominated by <i>Sporobolus wrightii</i>. It often grades downward into vegetation dominated by <i>Spartina spartinae, Spartina patens, Batis maritima</i>, or <i>Borrichia frutescens</i>. Other species occurring in this community may include <i>Spartina spartinae</i> and emergent <i>Yucca treculeana</i>. It may also form a continuous cover on low-elevation lomas with only scattered emergent shrubs. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35445.CEGL002232
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:   Scientific: Sporobolus wrightii Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL002232
  Translated: Big Sacaton Herbaceous Vegetation
  Common: Big Sacaton Marsh
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686239 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo