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Sporobolus silveanus - Carex meadii Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Sporobolus silveanus - Carex meadii Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community occurs on Alfisols in the northeastern portion of the Blackland Prairie of Texas. <i>Sporobolus silveanus, Carex meadii</i>, and <i>Fimbristylis puberula</i> are the dominant species. Other typical species include <i>Tridens strictus, Dichanthelium oligosanthes, Panicum virgatum, Paspalum floridanum, Coelorachis cylindrica, Neptunia lutea, Linum medium, Symphyotrichum ericoides, Symphyotrichum pratense, Helianthus mollis, Liatris pycnostachya, Liatris aspera, Coreopsis tinctoria, Baptisia sphaerocarpa, Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea, Eryngium yuccifolium</i>, and <i>Silphium radula</i>. This association sometimes occurs within mima-mound microtopography. Mima mounds are small circular hills which are often more than 1 m in height and 1-14 m across. Three distinct vegetation zones and as many as four different habitats can occur within a single mound. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33307-{F8B630CD-D872-4B35-8439-78496C2982AE}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Aug-1996 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689422 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004521
  Translated: Silveus' Dropseed - Mead's Sedge Grassland
  Scientific: Sporobolus silveanus - Carex meadii Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004521
(similar) Sporobolus silveanus - Carex meadii Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Sporobolus silveanus - Carex meadii Herbaceous Vegetation