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Leymus triticoides Wet Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Leymus triticoides Wet Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: Once a widespread grassland of California on heavy clay soils, <i>Leymus triticoides</i> grasslands today are restricted to relict places in California's Central Valley and neighboring coastal and Sierra Nevada foothills. It has also been documented along riparian areas in Nevada. It occurs on clay or clay loam soils and has been documented along the margins of marshes, as narrow bands of wetland-upland borders as a natural ecotones, and along levee tops and margins of marshes adjacent to zones intermittent flooding. In addition, stands have been documented along riparian floodplains. <i>Leymus triticoides</i> dominates the herbaceous layer but is rarely found without several introduced annual plants such as <i>Sonchus</i> spp., <i>Vulpia myuros, Polypogon monspeliensis, Lactuca serriola, Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum, Bromus diandrus</i>, or <i>Avena fatua</i>. Stands in valley bottoms may have a few emergent oak trees or elderberry, giving this grassland a savanna-like appearance. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30480-{B206C1B3-DC45-4156-AEDE-D44BC9C8D288}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 25-Sep-2007 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684524 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001571
  Translated: Beardless Wildrye Wet Meadow
  Scientific: Leymus triticoides Wet Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Leymus triticoides Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) CEGL001571
(similar) Leymus triticoides - Carex spp. Herbaceous Vegetation