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Poa pratensis Ruderal Marsh | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Poa pratensis Ruderal Marsh
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This semi-natural grassland is widespread in the western U.S. and northern Great Plains where it has invaded natural meadows and riparian areas. Sites are generally flat to moderately sloping and occur on all aspects. Stands typically occur on pastures found in the plains, montane meadows, stream benches and terraces. In the semi-arid region it is restricted to relatively mesic sites. Soils are highly variable, but <i>Poa pratensis</i> grows best on moist, fertile sandy to clayey alluvium with high organic content. It does not tolerate prolonged flooding, high water tables or poor drainage well. However, it can tolerate mildly alkaline and saline soils, and some drought. The vegetation is characterized by a moderate to dense herbaceous canopy that is strongly dominated by the introduced perennial, sod-forming graminoid <i>Poa pratensis</i>. <i>Poa pratensis</i> has invaded many natural plant associations, but the diagnostic character in this association is that there is typically not enough of the native grassland left to classify it as a poor condition natural type. Associates are often those early-seral and weedy species that tolerate the historic heavy livestock grazing or other disturbance well, such as <i>Achillea millefolium, Cirsium arvense, Elymus repens, Equisetum</i> spp., <i>Fragaria virginiana, Hordeum</i> spp., <i>Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis, Linaria vulgaris, Potentilla gracilis, Taraxacum officinale</i>, and introduced forage species such as <i>Agrostis stolonifera, Bromus inermis</i>, and <i>Phleum pratense</i>. Remnant natives <i>Pascopyrum smithii, Deschampsia cespitosa</i>, and <i>Carex</i> spp. are often present in low cover. Occasional trees and shrubs may also be present. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31972-{4E3F00A4-E34D-425D-ABB6-8544CEBAD982}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 14
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 24-Feb-2009 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689948 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003081
  Translated: Kentucky Bluegrass Ruderal Marsh
  Scientific: Poa pratensis Ruderal Marsh
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL003081
(similar) Poa pratensis Seasonally Flooded Ruderal Herbaceous Vegetation