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Poa secunda - Linanthus pungens Moist Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Poa secunda - Linanthus pungens Moist Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: Shrub and grass cover are equally abundant in this plant community of the intermountain western U.S. The shrub layer is diverse with numerous species contributing to the canopy. <i>Ericameria nauseosa</i> is usually the most abundant shrub species. The herbaceous layer has more graminoid species and higher grass abundance than many other cinder land associations. Species such as <i>Poa secunda, Elymus elymoides</i>, and <i>Bromus tectorum</i> are relatively constant graminoid components. <i>Poa secunda</i> is typically the most abundant and constant grass species in this vegetation type. Common forbs include <i>Linanthus pungens</i> and <i>Penstemon deustus</i>. The succulent species <i>Opuntia polyacantha</i> may also occur occasionally. This association, like all associations in ~Inter-Mountain Basins Volcanic Rock and Cinder Land (CES304.791)$$, is limited to barren and sparsely vegetated volcanic substrates of basalt and basaltic andesite origin, including tuffs, cinder cones, spatter cones, pressure plateaus, or cinder fields. It may occur in large-patch, small-patch or linear spatial patterns. There is a greater accumulation of soil on the volcanic substrate supporting this association, as evidenced by higher graminoid cover. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34355-{60B7076E-778E-4237-B747-2E6DEC6D1795}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 04-Apr-2017 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.948005 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005605
  Translated: Sandberg Bluegrass - Granite Prickly-phlox Moist Meadow
  Scientific: Poa secunda - Linanthus pungens Moist Meadow