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Pascopyrum smithii - Bouteloua dactyloides - (Phyla cuneifolia, Oenothera canescens) Wet Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pascopyrum smithii - Bouteloua dactyloides - (Phyla cuneifolia, Oenothera canescens) Wet Meadow Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This wheatgrass playa grassland community represents the common vegetation type of playa lake basins (depressional wetlands) under rangeland conditions in the southern and central Great Plains of the United States. In the central Plains soils are dense silts and clays, occasionally loess-derived, that flood in winter and dry out by early summer. Perennial herbaceous graminoids and forbs &lt;1 m tall dominate the community, with composition varying depending on water levels. In the central Plains <i>Pascopyrum smithii</i> is most abundant, with <i>Agrostis hyemalis, Eleocharis palustris, Eleocharis macrostachya, Elymus virginicus</i>, and <i>Hordeum jubatum</i> locally abundant. <i>Bouteloua dactyloides</i> can be abundant in grazed sites. Early-season ephemeral annuals include <i>Alopecurus carolinianus, Elatine rubella, Myosurus minimus, Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis</i>, and more westward <i>Limosella aquatica</i> and <i>Plagiobothrys scouleri</i>. Perennial forbs, including <i>Ambrosia grayi, Phyla cuneifolia, Oenothera canescens, Rorippa sinuata</i>, and <i>Vernonia fasciculata</i>, are conspicuous in places. In the southern Plains, species characteristic of the type include <i>Bouteloua dactyloides, Distichlis spicata</i>, and <i>Panicum obtusum</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30947-{B4F828F3-D074-4D4E-A2E6-6397FE8EF5F5} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 31-Jan-2000 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pascopyrum smithii Wet Meadow Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685161 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002038   Translated: Western Wheatgrass - Buffalograss - (Wedgeleaf, Spotted Evening-primrose) Wet Meadow   Common: Wheatgrass Playa Grassland   Scientific: Pascopyrum smithii - Bouteloua dactyloides - (Phyla cuneifolia, Oenothera canescens) Wet Meadow (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL002038 (similar) Pascopyrum smithii - Buchloe dactyloides - (Phyla cuneifolia, Oenothera canescens) Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Pascopyrum smithii - Buchloe dactyloides - (Phyla cuneifolia, Oenothera canescens) Herbaceous Vegetation