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Distichlis spicata - (Hordeum jubatum, Poa arida, Sporobolus airoides) Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Distichlis spicata - (Hordeum jubatum, Poa arida, Sporobolus airoides) Herbaceous Vegetation
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Description: This saline wetland community is found in the central and southern Great Plains of the United States, on level to gently sloping stream terraces, foot slopes, and shallow depressions that are flooded for a few weeks in the spring. Soils are fine sand to clay, well to moderately poorly drained, and usually deep. The soils are moderately to strongly saline and tend to have alkaline pH. Dominant vegetation is halophytic short and mid grasses, which are moderately dense and tall on less saline sites and moderately sparse and shorter on more saline sites. Species diversity also increases on less saline sites. <i>Distichlis spicata</i> is typically one of the most abundant species. <i>Iva annua, Hordeum jubatum, Poa arida</i>, and <i>Sporobolus airoides</i> can be present to codominant. Other common species include <i>Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis (= Leptochloa fascicularis), Pascopyrum smithii</i> (especially on less saline sites), <i>Suaeda calceoliformis</i>, and <i>Salicornia rubra</i>. Low shrubs, notably <i>Atriplex patula</i> and <i>Sarcobatus vermiculatus</i>, may be scattered across this community. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37030.CEGL002042
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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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: Southern Great Plains Saline Meadow
  Translated: Saltgrass - (Foxtail Barley, Plains Bluegrass, Alkali Sacaton) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Distichlis spicata - (Hordeum jubatum, Poa arida, Sporobolus airoides) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL002042
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687703 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo