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Bromus inermis - (Pascopyrum smithii) Ruderal Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Bromus inermis - (Pascopyrum smithii) Ruderal Grassland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This smooth brome grassland type occurs widely throughout the northern Great Plains, in disturbed montane meadows in the Rocky Mountains, on relatively mesic sites in the semi-arid interior western United States, and perhaps more widely in the midwestern U.S. and Canada. Stands can occur in a wide variety of human-disturbed habitats, including highway rights-of-way, jeep trails, etc. The type is also widely planted for revegetating disturbed land, pasture and hay fields, and has escaped into a variety of habitats, including prairie, riparian grasslands, and mesic mountain meadows. The dominant grass is <i>Bromus inermis</i>, a naturalized species from Eurasia that forms moderately dense to dense stands that often develop into monocultures. Other weedy species such as <i>Cirsium arvense</i> and <i>Poa pratensis</i> may occur as well, but native species are generally less than 10% cover. Native species may include mixed-grass prairie and montane meadow grasses, such as <i>Pascopyrum smithii, Deschampsia cespitosa</i>, and <i>Hesperostipa comata</i>, and sparse, scattered mesic shrubs such as <i>Symphoricarpos</i> spp., as well as many others. However, the native species are not conspicuous enough to identify the native plant association that could occupy the site, or the stand would be typed as such.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34027-{3E033D54-B907-4823-8942-8C31260C4426} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 4
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 24-Feb-2009 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Agropyron cristatum - Bromus inermis - Poa pratensis Ruderal Grassland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684068 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL005264   Translated: Smooth Brome - (Western Wheatgrass) Ruderal Grassland   Common: Ruderal Smooth Brome Grassland   Scientific: Bromus inermis - (Pascopyrum smithii) Ruderal Grassland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL005264 (similar) Bromus inermis - (Pascopyrum smithii) Ruderal Herbaceous Vegetation