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Bothriochloa barbinodis Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Bothriochloa barbinodis Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This desert grassland association occurs on dry, rocky or sandy slopes and plains. A single plot at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge was reported on the valley floor at 960 m (3160 feet) elevation. Sites are gently sloping. Substrate is well-drained clay. Cover of bare ground is relatively high in sampled stand (60%). The open to moderately dense herbaceous layer is dominated by perennial midgrass <i>Bothriochloa barbinodis</i> with <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus</i> prominent. Scattered shrubs <i>Prosopis velutina</i> and <i>Lycium</i> spp. may be present in low cover. Other species present in low cover include <i>Urochloa arizonica, Chloris virgata, Digitaria californica, Echinopepon wrightii, Eriochloa acuminata, Eriochloa lemmonii</i>, and <i>Panicum hirticaule var. stramineum</i>. Exotic grasses <i>Eragrostis curvula</i> and <i>Eragrostis cilianensis</i> are present in the one stand sampled. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34086-{BC51A1D9-5793-416E-8254-3B0F290C41AD}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Aug-2007 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.803015 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005323
  Translated: Cane Bluestem Grassland
  Scientific: Bothriochloa barbinodis Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Bothriochloa barbinodis Herbaceous Vegetation