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Bromus inermis - (Pascopyrum smithii) Ruderal Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Bromus inermis - (Pascopyrum smithii) Ruderal Herbaceous Vegetation
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Description: This smooth brome grassland type occurs widely throughout the northern Great Plains, in disturbed montane meadows in the Rocky Mountains, on relatively mesic sites in the semi-arid interior western United States, and perhaps more widely in the midwestern U.S. and Canada. Stands can occur in a wide variety of human-disturbed habitats, including highway rights-of-way, jeep trails, etc. The type is also widely planted for revegetating disturbed land, pasture and hay fields, and has escaped into a variety of habitats, including prairie, riparian grasslands, and mesic mountain meadows. The dominant grass is <i>Bromus inermis</i>, a naturalized species from Eurasia that forms moderately dense to dense stands that often develop into monocultures. Other weedy species such as <i>Cirsium arvense</i> and <i>Poa pratensis</i> may occur as well, but native species are generally less than 10% cover. Native species may include mixed-grass prairie and montane meadow grasses, such as <i>Pascopyrum smithii, Deschampsia caespitosa</i>, and <i>Hesperostipa comata (= Stipa comata)</i>, and sparse, scattered mesic shrubs such as <i>Symphoricarpos</i> spp., as well as many others. However, the native species are not conspicuous enough to identify the native plant association that could occupy the site, or the stand would be typed as such. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37125.CEGL005264
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: Smooth Brome Ruderal Grassland
  Translated: Smooth Brome - (Western Wheatgrass) Ruderal Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Bromus inermis - (Pascopyrum smithii) Ruderal Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL005264
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684068 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo