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Schizachyrium scoparium - Aristida basiramea - Sporobolus cryptandrus - Eragrostis trichodes Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Aristida basiramea - Sporobolus cryptandrus - Eragrostis trichodes Herbaceous Vegetation
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Description: This sand/gravel prairie community is found in the central Great Plains of the United States. Stands occur on upland terraces and slopes associated with dissected plains. Soils are very well-drained and vary from sandy loams to coarse sand and gravels formed in old alluvium or glacial till. Vegetation is dominated by a variety of mid and tall grasses (but not <i>Andropogon hallii</i> or <i>Calamovilfa longifolia</i>). In eastern Nebraska, dominants on sandy soils include a tallgrass layer of <i>Andropogon gerardii, Sorghastrum nutans</i>, and a midgrass layer of <i>Schizachyrium scoparium, Eragrostis trichodes</i>, and <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus</i>. <i>Bouteloua gracilis</i> and <i>Bouteloua hirsuta</i> may be present as a shortgrass layer. Other graminoids present include <i>Aristida basiramea, Digitaria cognata, Carex duriuscula, Carex praegracilis</i>, and <i>Cyperus schweinitzii</i>. In more western locations in Nebraska, dominant graminoids on sand and gravel include the above species, and also western forbs, such as <i>Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata, Heterotheca villosa, Hymenopappus tenuifolius, Opuntia macrorhiza</i>, as well as a variety of annual forbs typical of the Sandhills region prairies. <i>Yucca glauca</i> can be a common shrub component. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36698.CEGL005221
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: Central Plains Sand/Gravel Prairie
  Translated: Little Bluestem - Forked Three-awn - Sand Dropseed - Sand Lovegrass Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Aristida basiramea - Sporobolus cryptandrus - Eragrostis trichodes Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL005221
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685281 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo