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Hesperostipa comata - (Bouteloua eriopoda, Pleuraphis jamesii) Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Hesperostipa comata - (Bouteloua eriopoda, Pleuraphis jamesii) Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This herbaceous association is currently only known from Wupatki National Monument in Arizona, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. Elevation ranges from 1560-1690 m (5118-5545 feet). The substrate always consists of a black cinder component, with intermixed basaltic cobbles, lava flow, clay, and limestone soils. The slope is often flat; however, it ranges from 0-25%. Total vegetation cover ranges from 25-60% with 0-20% in the shrub layer and 22-52% in the herbaceous layer. The total species diversity ranges from 5-17 species within the 21 samples. The shrub layer is not dominated by a single species; however, <i>Ericameria nauseosa</i> is often present. <i>Hesperostipa comata</i> is dominant. <i>Bouteloua eriopoda</i> and <i>Pleuraphis jamesii</i> both frequently occur within this association, but do not need to be present. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31899-{945FACF9-76F3-4B50-AE82-6F84B81BD577}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 06-May-2010 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686993 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002997
  Translated: Needle-and-Thread - (Black Grama, James' Galleta) Grassland
  Scientific: Hesperostipa comata - (Bouteloua eriopoda, Pleuraphis jamesii) Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002997
(similar) Hesperostipa comata - (Bouteloua eriopoda, Pleuraphis jamesii) Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Hesperostipa comata - (Bouteloua eriopoda, Pleuraphis jamesii) Herbaceous Vegetation