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Spiraea tomentosa - Salix humilis / Andropogon gerardii - Panicum virgatum Shrubland | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Spiraea tomentosa - Salix humilis / Andropogon gerardii - Panicum virgatum Shrubland
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This wet-mesic sand shrub meadow is found in the central tallgrass prairie-forest border region of Illinois in the United States. Stands occur in depressions of glacial lakeplains. Shrub species include the dominants <i>Spiraea tomentosa, Salix humilis, Rubus hispidus</i>, and <i>Gaylussacia baccata</i>, along with <i>Photinia floribunda (= Aronia prunifolia)</i> and <i>Vaccinium angustifolium</i>. Herbaceous species include the dominants <i>Andropogon gerardii</i> and <i>Panicum virgatum</i>, as well as <i>Bartonia virginica, Osmunda regalis, Parthenium integrifolium, Pedicularis canadensis</i>, and <i>Viola lanceolata</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36694.CEGL005069
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:   Common: Steeplebush Wet-Mesic Sand Shrub Meadow
  Translated: Steeplebush - Prairie Willow / Big Bluestem - Switchgrass Shrubland
  Scientific: Spiraea tomentosa - Salix humilis / Andropogon gerardii - Panicum virgatum Shrubland
  Code: CEGL005069
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687777 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo