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Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Dalea purpurea - Silphium integrifolium Jackson Prairie Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Dalea purpurea - Silphium integrifolium Jackson Prairie Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association includes remnants of prairie vegetation in the Jackson Prairie region of the upper Coastal Plain of Mississippi and adjacent Alabama. Examples occur on calcareous clay islands consisting of gently sloping uplands surrounded by pine-hardwood forests on acidic soils. The most prominent tall grasses of this association are <i>Andropogon gerardii, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum nutans</i>, and <i>Panicum virgatum</i>. Additional tall grasses include <i>Tripsacum dactyloides, Andropogon glomeratus</i>, and <i>Paspalum floridanum</i>. Along with <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>, two other species provided over 50% cover in prairie openings; these are <i>Carex cherokeensis</i> and <i>Helenium autumnale</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32868-{CB18DC2E-6B17-43C0-95E7-FE26E43CF580}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 27-Jan-2005 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685425 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004020
  Translated: Little Bluestem - Indiangrass - Purple Prairie-clover - Wholeleaf Rosinweed Jackson Prairie Grassland
  Common: Jackson Prairie Calcareous Clay Prairie
  Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Dalea purpurea - Silphium integrifolium Jackson Prairie Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004020
(similar) Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Dalea purpurea - Silphium integrifolium Jackson Prairie Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Dalea purpurea - Silphium integrifolium Jackson Prairie Herbaceous Vegetation