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Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Danthonia spicata - Silene regia Chert Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Danthonia spicata - Silene regia Chert Grassland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This bluestem chert prairie community is found in the United States in central and southwestern Missouri, as well as the Ozark Ecoregion of Arkansas. Stands occur on hills and plains on gentle to steep slopes and ridges. The soil is well-drained to somewhat rapidly drained and very shallow to shallow (0-40 cm). The parent material is chert or chert residuum. Chert fragments are common on the surface. The vegetation structure is a midgrass prairie composed of a single layer of dominant graminoids intermixed with abundant forbs. The dominant grasses are <i>Andropogon virginicus, Schizachyrium scoparium</i>, and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i>. Other typical plants found in this community are <i>Callirhoe digitata, Danthonia spicata, Helianthus occidentalis, Monarda russeliana, Silene regia, Isolepis carinata</i>, and <i>Vernonia arkansana</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31120-{B22CD573-CFB7-45CA-A2F4-687286DF6826} 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 - Echinacea pallida Southern Grassland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684888 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002211   Translated: Little Bluestem - Indiangrass - Poverty Oatgrass - Royal Catchfly Chert Grassland   Common: Midwest Chert Prairie   Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Danthonia spicata - Silene regia Chert Grassland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL002211 (similar) Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Danthonia spicata - Silene regia Chert Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Danthonia spicata - Silene regia Chert Herbaceous Vegetation