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Great Plains Riverine Gravel Flats Sparse Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Great Plains Riverine Gravel Flats Sparse Vegetation
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This riverine gravel flats community is found in the central Great Plains of the United States. Stands occur along major rivers where gravel has been deposited on the first terraces of rivers. The substrate consists of a mixture of gravel and some sand, and soils are poorly developed or absent. Sites can occasionally be flooded in spring. Vegetation is sparse and often consists of nearly equal cover of annual grasses and annual or biennial forbs under 1 m tall. <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus</i> and <i>Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata</i> are conspicuous. In some sites, <i>Populus deltoides</i> may be scattered to woodland-like in structure. Shrubs are also scattered and uncommon, with <i>Amorpha fruticosa</i> the most frequent. Other herbaceous species that can occur include <i>Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Chamaesyce glyptosperma, Chamaesyce serpyllifolia, Froelichia gracilis, Helianthus petiolaris, Opuntia macrorhiza</i>, and <i>Triplasis purpurea</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33986-{DF44B4DC-E192-4F0F-A27A-7C8A0F000AF1}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 31-Jan-2000 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683712 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005223
  Translated: Great Plains Riverine Gravel Flats Sparse Vegetation
  Common: Great Plains Riverine Gravel Flats
  Scientific: Great Plains Riverine Gravel Flats Sparse Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL005223
(similar) Great Plains Riverine Gravel Flats Sparse Vegetation
(similar) Riverine Gravel Flats Great Plains Sparse Vegetation