Name:
Artemisia filifolia / Bouteloua (curtipendula, gracilis) Shrubland
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This sagebrush shrubland is found on sandy rolling hills in the southern Great Plains of the United States, ranging from Kansas south to Texas. It is also known to occur at 1930 m (6325 feet) elevation on gently rolling hills and sandy alluvial plains within the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument in New Mexico and between 1960 and 2160 m (6430-7090 feet) on a variety of aspects and landforms, including gently rolling, old lava flows, gently sloping coppice dunes, or lower dipslopes of low sandstone hills at El Malpais National Monument. Soils are loamy fine sand to sandy, excessively drained, and formed in loamy or sandy eolian sediments. The ground surface is characterized by large patches of exposed soil and scattered areas of grass and litter. The shrub layer is between 0.5 and 1 m tall and dominated by <i>Artemisia filifolia</i> with <i>Chrysothamnus pulchellus</i> as a frequent associate at some sites. Occasionally <i>Pinus edulis</i> or <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> are scattered, but typically trees are absent in these sandy shrublands. Short to medium grasses dominate the ground layer, including <i>Bouteloua curtipendula</i> and <i>Bouteloua gracilis</i>. Other graminoids include <i>Andropogon hallii, Aristida purpurea, Cyperus schweinitzii, Paspalum setaceum, Pascopyrum smithii, Schizachyrium scoparium</i>, and <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus</i>, among others. Herbs may include <i>Erigeron annuus, Helianthus petiolaris</i>, and <i>Grindelia papposa</i>. Prairie forb species such as <i>Gaillardia pulchella, Linum lewisii, Machaeranthera tanacetifolia, Melampodium leucanthum, Mirabilis linearis</i>, and <i>Oenothera pallida</i> may be common and characteristic.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31085-{9A428AF9-0A94-4124-A3CD-7A7719776902}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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