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Schizachyrium scoparium - Muhlenbergia cuspidata Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Muhlenbergia cuspidata Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This little bluestem - plains muhly prairie type is found in the northern Great Plains of the United States. Stands occur on easily eroded, loamy, well-drained soils derived from shales. Vegetative cover is somewhat sparse. Vegetation is dominated by the midgrass species <i>Schizachyrium scoparium, Muhlenbergia cuspidata, Elymus lanceolatus, Koeleria macrantha, Pascopyrum smithii, Hesperostipa comata</i>, and <i>Aristida purpurea var. longiseta</i>. Shrubs are rare. <i>Gutierrezia sarothrae</i> is the only common dwarf-shrub. Forb richness is high, but total canopy cover is low. <i>Phlox hoodii</i> and <i>Linum perenne</i> are common species. Litter and bare ground average 50% and 15% canopy cover, respectively. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30592-{E299E91D-F0C1-48DE-8BCB-C576F776276C}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 09-Jul-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683649 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001683
  Translated: Little Bluestem - Plains Muhly Grassland
  Common: Little Bluestem - Muhly Bunchgrass Prairie
  Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Muhlenbergia cuspidata Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Schizachyrium scoparium - Muhlenbergia cuspidata Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) CEGL001683
(similar) Schizachyrium scoparium - Muhlenbergia cuspidata Herbaceous Vegetation