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Schizachyrium scoparium - Bouteloua curtipendula - Bouteloua hirsuta - (Yucca glauca) Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Bouteloua curtipendula - Bouteloua hirsuta - (Yucca glauca) Grassland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This bluestem - grama grass dry prairie type is found on the loess bluffs along the east side of Missouri River in the central midwestern United States. The soil is somewhat rapidly drained and very shallow (0-40 cm). The vegetative structure is composed of a single layer of dominant grasses intermixed with forbs. Shrubs, especially <i>Yucca glauca</i>, are sometimes present. This community is a short to midgrass prairie dominated by the bunchgrasses <i>Andropogon gerardii, Bouteloua curtipendula</i>, and <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>. <i>Bouteloua hirsuta</i> can be common. <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus, Dalea leporina, Dalea candida, Dalea enneandra, Astragalus lotiflorus</i>, and <i>Astragalus missouriensis</i> can also be common. Other herbaceous species include <i>Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida, Symphyotrichum sericeum, Bouteloua dactyloides, Bouteloua gracilis, Delphinium carolinianum, Gaura coccinea</i>, and <i>Pediomelum argophyllum</i>, and the lichens <i>Placidium lachneum</i> and <i>Psora decipiens</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30944-{93524A2F-92A7-4B40-BDF1-5C32FCDF3F10} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 03-Mar-1994 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Schizachyrium scoparium - Bouteloua curtipendula Central Great Plains Grassland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684993 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002035   Translated: Little Bluestem - Sideoats Grama - Hairy Grama - (Soapweed Yucca) Grassland   Common: Loess Hills Little Bluestem Dry Prairie   Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Bouteloua curtipendula - Bouteloua hirsuta - (Yucca glauca) Grassland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL002035 (similar) Schizachyrium scoparium - Bouteloua curtipendula - Bouteloua hirsuta - (Yucca glauca) Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Schizachyrium scoparium - Bouteloua curtipendula - Bouteloua hirsuta - (Yucca glauca) Herbaceous Vegetation