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Andropogon gerardii - (Panicum virgatum) - Muhlenbergia richardsonis Wet Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Andropogon gerardii - (Panicum virgatum) - Muhlenbergia richardsonis Wet Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This big bluestem wet-mesic prairie type is found in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie region of the United States and Canada. In South Dakota, soils are moist loams and poorly drained silt loams derived from glacial drift. The vegetation is dominated by a dense layer of tall grasses, such as <i>Andropogon gerardii</i> and <i>Panicum virgatum</i>, with associates of <i>Calamagrostis canadensis, Calamagrostis stricta</i>, and <i>Spartina pectinata</i>. <i>Muhlenbergia richardsonis</i> may be a diagnostic, less dominant species of the Northern Tallgrass Prairie. In the Sheyenne Delta, this type may form a distinctive wet-mesic sand prairie type. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31108-{0F8643AD-E2CF-410A-B19D-A0B821F3ECC6}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 21-Jun-1995 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684153 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002199
  Translated: Big Bluestem - (Switchgrass) - Mat Muhly Wet Meadow
  Common: Northern Wet-Mesic Tallgrass Prairie
  Scientific: Andropogon gerardii - (Panicum virgatum) - Muhlenbergia richardsonis Wet Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Andropogon gerardii - (Panicum virgatum) - Muhlenbergia richardsonis Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) CEGL002199
(similar) Andropogon gerardii - (Panicum virgatum) - Muhlenbergia richardsonis Herbaceous Vegetation