Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Sporobolus airoides Northern Plains Marsh | NatureServe Biotics 2019
  click to update datacart
Name: Sporobolus airoides Northern Plains Marsh
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This saline alkali sacaton community type is found in the northwestern Great Plains of the United States. Stands occur in moderately saline sites. This community has low species diversity and is dominated by moderately salt-tolerant graminoids. Total vegetation cover is sparse to moderate, and bare ground is common. The dominant species is <i>Sporobolus airoides</i>. Graminoids of high constancy in Montana include <i>Poa cusickii</i> and <i>Poa secunda</i>. Less common graminoids include <i>Distichlis spicata, Hordeum jubatum</i>, and <i>Pascopyrum smithii</i>. Forbs of highest constancy in Montana include <i>Symphyotrichum falcatum, Plantago eriopoda</i>, and <i>Iva axillaris</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31183-{CD236442-3EF0-45AB-B0E5-87073ECAF700}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 31-Jan-2000 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686422 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002274
  Translated: Alkali Sacaton Northern Plains Marsh
  Common: Northern Plains Alkali Sacaton Saline Meadow
  Scientific: Sporobolus airoides Northern Plains Marsh
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Sporobolus airoides Northern Plains Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Sporobolus airoides Northern Plains Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) CEGL002274