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Schizachyrium scoparium - Bouteloua curtipendula - Bouteloua hirsuta - (Yucca glauca) Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Bouteloua curtipendula - Bouteloua hirsuta - (Yucca glauca) Herbaceous Vegetation
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Description: This bluestem - grama grass dry prairie type is found on the loess bluffs along the east side of Missouri River in the central midwestern United States. The soil is somewhat rapidly drained and very shallow (0-40 cm). The vegetative structure is composed of a single layer of dominant grasses intermixed with forbs. Shrubs, especially <i>Yucca glauca</i>, are sometimes present. This community is a short to midgrass prairie dominated by the bunchgrasses <i>Andropogon gerardii, Bouteloua curtipendula</i>, and <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>. <i>Bouteloua hirsuta</i> can be common. <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus, Dalea leporina, Dalea candida, Dalea enneandra, Astragalus lotiflorus</i>, and <i>Astragalus missouriensis</i> can also be common. Other herbaceous species include <i>Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida (= Anemone patens), Symphyotrichum sericeum (= Aster sericeus), Buchloe dactyloides, Bouteloua gracilis, Delphinium carolinianum, Gaura coccinea</i>, and <i>Pediomelum argophyllum</i>, and the lichens <i>Placidium lachneum (= Dermatocarpon lachneum)</i> and <i>Psora decipiens</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36706.CEGL002035
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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:   Common: Loess Hills Little Bluestem Dry Prairie
  Translated: Little Bluestem - Sideoats Grama - Hairy Grama - (Soapweed Yucca) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Bouteloua curtipendula - Bouteloua hirsuta - (Yucca glauca) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL002035
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684993 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo