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Agropyron cristatum - (Pascopyrum smithii, Hesperostipa comata) Ruderal Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Agropyron cristatum - (Pascopyrum smithii, Hesperostipa comata) Ruderal Grassland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This crested wheatgrass association occurs most commonly in the northern Great Plains of the United States and Canada. Sites are also reported from the southern Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau, and high plateaus of southern Utah, and it likely occurs throughout much of the semi-arid interior West. Stands occur in a wide variety of human-disturbed habitats, including highway rights-of-way, jeep trails, etc. It is also widely planted to revegetate pastures and western rangelands. The vegetation is characterized by a sparse to dense, medium-tall graminoid layer dominated by <i>Agropyron cristatum</i>, an introduced forage species from Russia and Siberia that has been planted extensively in the western United States. Other weedy species may occur as well, but native species are generally less than 10% cover. Native species may include mixed-grass prairie grasses, such as <i>Pascopyrum smithii</i> and <i>Hesperostipa comata</i>, as well as others. In the Intermountain West, native grasses <i>Poa secunda</i> and <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i> may be present at low cover.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34029-{FC92F917-6D7B-4872-96D0-A948793E06FD} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 4
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 06-May-2008 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.2.686559 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL005266   Translated: Crested Wheatgrass - (Western Wheatgrass, Needle-and-Thread) Ruderal Grassland   Common: Ruderal Crested Wheatgrass Grassland   Scientific: Agropyron cristatum - (Pascopyrum smithii, Hesperostipa comata) Ruderal Grassland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL005266 (similar) Agropyron cristatum - (Pascopyrum smithii, Hesperostipa comata) Ruderal Herbaceous Vegetation