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Panicum virgatum - (Pascopyrum smithii) Wet Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Panicum virgatum - (Pascopyrum smithii) Wet Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: In Badlands National Park, South Dakota, the switchgrass grassland type contains dense ground cover, typically between 50 and 80%. <i>Panicum virgatum</i> is the dominant species in more mesic areas. <i>Pascopyrum smithii</i> is more abundant on elevated sites within the drainages and basins, and <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> is the dominant species along the upper margin of the type. Where this type is found in drainages, the distribution often becomes "patchy" and <i>Calamovilfa longifolia</i> replaces <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> on the upper type margin. Commonly associated species include <i>Glycyrrhiza lepidota, Symphyotrichum ericoides</i>, and occasionally <i>Populus deltoides</i>. Switchgrass is a common component of many wetlands and mesic sites, but becomes dominant in wetter parts of drainages and wetland basins. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30393-{724816F6-9A73-4D43-B878-7D452400AC96}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 3
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 15-Feb-2000 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689356 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001484
  Translated: Switchgrass - (Western Wheatgrass) Wet Meadow
  Common: Switchgrass Wet-Mesic Tallgrass Prairie
  Scientific: Panicum virgatum - (Pascopyrum smithii) Wet Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001484
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(similar) Panicum virgatum - (Pascopyrum smithii) Herbaceous Vegetation