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Pseudoroegneria spicata - Melica bulbosa Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pseudoroegneria spicata - Melica bulbosa Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: Stands of this association have a sparse to dense cover of graminoids (&lt;1 m tall) and is dominated or codominated by the cool-season, perennial bunchgrass <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i>. <i>Melica bulbosa</i> is also characteristic of this grassland and cover may range from sparse to codominant. There is typically sparse to moderate cover of perennial forbs and widely scattered shrubs and dwarf-shrubs. Annual grasses and forbs may be seasonally present. Litter, moss and lichen are important ground cover in some stands. Stands may be found on valley bottoms, stream terraces, rolling uplands, canyon benches and slopes, hills, ridges, plateaus and buttes, and foothills. Sites may be xeric or mesic, on nearly level to steep slopes. It may occur on all aspects, but often on the drier southern and western slopes. Substrates are also variable and range from shallow and lithic soils with a rocky surface of gravel, cobbles or scoria, to moderately deep soils with little rock. Soils are moderately to well-drained, sometimes calcareous, with pH of 6.8-7.7. Soil texture ranges from gravelly, sandy loams to clay. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34357-{F020DB00-5185-4944-9764-545197C7D300}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 04-Apr-2017 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.948014 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005607
  Translated: Bluebunch Wheatgrass - Oniongrass Grassland
  Scientific: Pseudoroegneria spicata - Melica bulbosa Grassland