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Eroding Great Plains Badlands Sparse Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Eroding Great Plains Badlands Sparse Vegetation Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This eroding slopes, badlands sparse vegetation type is found in the badlands formations of the western Great Plains of the United States and Canada. Badlands are produced by a combination of factors, including elevation, type of rainfall, carving action of streams, and a particular material. Badlands are basically a type of mature dissection with a finely textured drainage pattern and steep slopes. Eroding slopes form where the land lies well above its local base level. The land must also be easily erodible, or vegetation cover will stabilize the surface. An arid climate will also discourage vegetation growth and will tend to have infrequent, but torrential, rains with great eroding action. The soils in these eroding slopes are generally poorly consolidated clays with bands of sandstone or isolated conglomerates. The badland clays may be almost devoid of vegetation. Widely scattered individuals of <i>Grindelia squarrosa, Gutierrezia sarothrae</i>, or <i>Eriogonum pauciflorum</i> may be present. <i>Eriogonum visheri</i>, a spring annual, is a rare plant found primarily in badlands in the Dakotas. <i>Astragalus barrii</i> is another uncommon Great Plains species that is associated with these badlands habitats.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30959-{26EECC9A-45E9-4C0B-BDA2-5E8D8DCC96BB} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 04-May-1998 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Eriogonum pauciflorum - Gutierrezia sarothrae Badlands Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687090 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002050   Translated: Eroding Great Plains Badlands Sparse Vegetation   Common: Great Plains Eroding Badlands   Scientific: Eroding Great Plains Badlands Sparse Vegetation (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Eroding Great Plains Badlands Sparse Vegetation (similar) CEGL002050 (similar) Eroding Great Plains Badlands Sparse Vegetation