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Schizachyrium scoparium - Bouteloua curtipendula - Muhlenbergia cuspidata - Symphyotrichum sericeum Alkaline Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Bouteloua curtipendula - Muhlenbergia cuspidata - Symphyotrichum sericeum Alkaline Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This calcareous grassland community is found in parts of the northern prairie-forest border in the midwestern United States, particularly in Illinois. Stands occur on upper slopes of hills, primarily on southern and western aspects. Soils are very shallow to moderately deep (0-40 cm) and well-drained to somewhat rapidly drained. The soil pH is high due to the calcareous bedrock at or near the surface, which is either limestone or dolomite. Dominant grasses include <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> and <i>Bouteloua curtipendula</i>. Some forbs that are typical of these calcareous grasslands include <i>Symphyotrichum sericeum (= Aster sericeus), Blephilia ciliata, Brickellia eupatorioides (= Kuhnia eupatorioides), Desmanthus illinoensis, Lithospermum canescens, Eleocharis compressa, Clinopodium arkansanum (= Satureja arkansana), Muhlenbergia cuspidata, Penstemon hirsutus</i>, and <i>Scutellaria parvula</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36689.CEGL002403
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
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Names:   Common: North-Central Dry Limestone - Dolomite Prairie
  Translated: Little Bluestem - Sideoats Grama - Plains Muhly - Western Silver Aster Alkaline Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Bouteloua curtipendula - Muhlenbergia cuspidata - Symphyotrichum sericeum Alkaline Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL002403
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683073 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo