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Thinopyrum intermedium Ruderal Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Thinopyrum intermedium Ruderal Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This <i>Thinopyrum intermedium</i> type occurs widely throughout the northern Great Plains of the United States, and perhaps more widely in the midwestern U.S. and Canada. It also occurs in the Colorado Plateau and southern Rocky Mountains at montane elevations and likely occurs elsewhere in the western U.S. Stands can occur in a wide variety of human-disturbed habitats. <i>Thinopyrum intermedium</i> is widely planted as pasture and hayland along road ditches for Conservation Reserve Program lands, and in dense-nesting-cover mixes. It is commonly found on reseeded cultivated lands planted with legumes, such as sweetclover and alfalfa, and may also have escaped into surrounding habitats. It is most abundant on dry, medium-textured soils but has adapted to a broad range of soil textures and moisture conditions. Vegetation is primarily medium-tall (0.5-1 m) graminoids dominated by <i>Thinopyrum intermedium</i>, a naturalized, cool-season grass species from eastern Europe. Other weedy species such as <i>Bromus inermis</i> may occur as well, but native species are generally less than 20% cover. Native grass species will rarely, if ever, reestablish in sites dominated by <i>Thinopyrum intermedium</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31837-{2EF9B758-3A70-448A-8D26-BAE14C15DE4F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 21-Feb-2006 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688601 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002935
  Translated: Intermediate Wheatgrass Ruderal Grassland
  Scientific: Thinopyrum intermedium Ruderal Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002935
(similar) Thinopyrum intermedium Ruderal Herbaceous Vegetation