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Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Aristida lanosa - Polypremum procumbens Sand Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Aristida lanosa - Polypremum procumbens Sand Grassland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This little bluestem sand prairie is found in the United States in the Mississippi Embayment of Missouri and sand barrens in southwestern Indiana. Stands occur on nearly level to steeply sloped elevated terraces, knolls, ridges, and natural levees. The parent material is eolian or alluvial sand, associated with the Bulltown Soil Series. This tallgrass or midgrass prairie is composed of a single layer of dominant graminoids intermixed with abundant forbs. The herbaceous layer is dominated by <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i>. Other species can include <i>Lithospermum canescens, Cyperus</i> spp. (including <i>Cyperus grayoides</i>), <i>Polypremum procumbens, Desmodium strictum, Digitaria cognata, Aristida</i> spp., and <i>Callirhoe triangulata</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31305-{CF63FA5D-BFE5-44CE-8253-DE508BF96CBB} 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 - Sorghastrum nutans Central Sand & Gravel Grassland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687227 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002397   Translated: Little Bluestem - Indiangrass - Woolly-sheath Three-awn - Juniper-leaf Sand Grassland   Common: Mississippi Embayment Sand Prairie   Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Aristida lanosa - Polypremum procumbens Sand Grassland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL002397 (similar) Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Aristida lanosa - Polypremum procumbens Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Aristida lanosa - Polypremum procumbens Herbaceous Vegetation