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Bouteloua eriopoda Semi-Desert Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Bouteloua eriopoda Semi-Desert Grassland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This plant association occurs on semi-arid plains and bajadas in the Chihuahuan Desert and Colorado Plateau. Sites are flat to gentle lower slopes. Soils are non-calcareous sandy loams. The vegetation is characterized by a moderately dense herbaceous layer dominated by the perennial shortgrass <i>Bouteloua eriopoda</i> sometimes forming nearly pure stands. Shrubs or dwarf-shrubs may be present in low cover, including <i>Ephedra trifurca, Gutierrezia sarothrae</i>, or <i>Robinia neomexicana</i>. Common associates include <i>Aristida purpurea, Bouteloua curtipendula, Muhlenbergia porteri, Allionia incarnata, Solanum elaeagnifolium, Datura wrightii, Eriogonum</i> spp., <i>Opuntia phaeacantha</i>, and <i>Senecio flaccidus</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30661-{8445FD28-3276-4127-8545-8483BC75742D} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 29-Apr-2002 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Bouteloua eriopoda - Bouteloua ramosa Piedmont Desert Grassland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685668 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL001752   Translated: Black Grama Semi-Desert Grassland   Scientific: Bouteloua eriopoda Semi-Desert Grassland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Bouteloua eriopoda Semi-Desert Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) CEGL001752 (similar) Bouteloua eriopoda Semi-desert Herbaceous Vegetation