Name:
Schizachyrium scoparium - Bouteloua curtipendula - Rudbeckia missouriensis - Mentzelia oligosperma Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference:
Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description:
This bluestem graminoid limestone glade community is found in the Ozarks region of the south-central United States, primarily and characteristically on the Springfield Plateau of Arkansas and Missouri, and in adjacent Kansas. Stands occur on moderate to steep slopes of dissected hills, steep valley slopes above large rivers and streams. Aspect is typically southern and western. Soils are very rapidly drained (seasonally saturated in winter and spring) and shallow (0-40 cm). The parent material is limestone bedrock. The vegetation is dominated by medium-tall grasses and forbs, occasionally with stunted trees and shrubs. Stands are dominated by the grasses <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> and <i>Bouteloua curtipendula</i>. Typical forbs and ferns include <i>Rudbeckia missouriensis, Draba reptans, Draba cuneifolia, Heliotropium tenellum, Isoetes butleri, Ophioglossum engelmannii, Psoralidium tenuiflorum (= Psoralea tenuiflora), Sedum pulchellum, Glandularia canadensis (= Verbena canadensis), Agalinis aspera (= Gerardia aspera), Mentzelia oligosperma, Physalis pumila, Chamaesyce missurica (= Euphorbia missurica), Astragalus distortus, Erysimum capitatum, Castilleja purpurea, Lesquerella filiformis</i> (endemic to the Ozarks), <i>Talinum parviflorum, Thelesperma filifolium var. filifolium (= Thelesperma trifidum), Nothocalais cuspidata (= Agoseris cuspidata)</i>, and lichens, <i>Lecanora muralis, Placidium lachneum (= Dermatocarpon lachneum)</i>, and <i>Psora russellii</i>.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.35963.CEGL002251
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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