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Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Aristida lanosa - Polypremum procumbens Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Aristida lanosa - Polypremum procumbens Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This bluestem sand prairie is found in the United States in the Mississippi Embayment of Missouri and sand barrens in southwestern Indiana. Stands occur on nearly level to steeply sloped elevated terraces, knolls, ridges, and natural levees. The parent material is eolian or alluvial sand, associated with the Bulltown Soil Series. This tallgrass or midgrass prairie is composed of a single layer of dominant graminoids intermixed with abundant forbs. The herbaceous layer is dominated by <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i>. Other species can include <i>Lithospermum canescens, Cyperus</i> spp. (including <i>Cyperus grayoides</i>), <i>Polypremum procumbens, Desmodium strictum, Digitaria cognata var. cognata, Aristida</i> spp., and <i>Callirhoe triangulata</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36769.CEGL002397
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
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Names:   Common: Mississippi Embayment Sand Prairie
  Translated: Little Bluestem - Indiangrass - Woolly-sheath Three-awn - Juniper-leaf Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Aristida lanosa - Polypremum procumbens Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL002397
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687227 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo