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Pascopyrum smithii - Bouteloua gracilis - Carex filifolia Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pascopyrum smithii - Bouteloua gracilis - Carex filifolia Grassland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This western wheatgrass prairie community occurs throughout much of the northwestern Great Plains of the United States and Canada, on flat or gently sloping terrain. Many stands are on floodplains or gentle valley slopes. Some are on uplands. The soils are clay loam, silt loam, or loam and usually deep and fertile. This community is dominated by medium and short graminoids. The midgrass stratum is dominated by <i>Pascopyrum smithii</i> or <i>Elymus lanceolatus</i>. Common associates include <i>Koeleria macrantha, Hesperostipa comata</i>, and <i>Nassella viridula</i>. <i>Hesperostipa comata</i> is more common on the upper slopes and drier upland sites with sandier soils, whereas <i>Nassella viridula</i> is more common on the lower slopes and floodplains with finer-textured soils. The most common short graminoid is <i>Bouteloua gracilis</i>. Other common graminoids include <i>Carex filifolia, Carex inops ssp. heliophila, Carex duriuscula</i>, and <i>Carex pensylvanica</i>. Forbs do not contribute much of the canopy cover but they are scattered throughout this community. Typical forbs are <i>Tragopogon dubius, Gaura coccinea, Hedeoma hispida, Phlox hoodii</i> and <i>Sphaeralcea coccinea</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30488-{2B91FBBC-061C-4B84-A2E8-DF30ACE8A983} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 22
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 20-Dec-1995 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pascopyrum smithii - Nassella viridula Northwestern Great Plains Grassland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683738 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL001579   Translated: Western Wheatgrass - Blue Grama - Threadleaf Sedge Grassland   Common: Western Wheatgrass - Blue Grama - Threadleaf Sedge Prairie   Scientific: Pascopyrum smithii - Bouteloua gracilis - Carex filifolia Grassland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL001579 (similar) Pascopyrum smithii - Bouteloua gracilis - Carex filifolia Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Pascopyrum smithii - Bouteloua gracilis - Carex filifolia Herbaceous Vegetation