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Sporobolus silveanus - Carex meadii Herbaceous Vegetation | Diamond, D. D., and F. E. Smeins...
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Name: Sporobolus silveanus - Carex meadii Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Diamond, D. D., and F. E. Smeins...
Description: This community occurs on Alfisols in the northeastern portion of the Blackland Prairie of Texas. <i>Sporobolus silveanus, Carex meadii</i>, and <i>Fimbristylis puberula</i> are the dominant species. Other typical species include <i>Tridens strictus, Dichanthelium oligosanthes, Panicum virgatum, Paspalum floridanum, Coelorachis cylindrica, Neptunia lutea, Linum medium, Symphyotrichum ericoides (= Aster ericoides), Symphyotrichum pratense (= Aster sericeus var. microphyllus), Helianthus mollis, Liatris pycnostachya, Liatris aspera, Coreopsis tinctoria, Baptisia sphaerocarpa, Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea (= Baptisia leucophaea), Eryngium yuccifolium</i>, and <i>Silphium radula (= Silphium asperrimum)</i>. This association sometimes occurs within mima-mound microtopography. Mima mounds are small circular hills which are often more than 1 m in height and 1-14 m across (Diamond and Smeins 1993). Three distinct vegetation zones and as many as four different habitats can occur within a single mound (Collins 1975). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36431.CEGL004521
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Translated: Silveus' Dropseed - Mead's Sedge Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Sporobolus silveanus - Carex meadii Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004521
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689422 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo