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Sorghastrum nutans - Schizachyrium scoparium Serpentine Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Sorghastrum nutans - Schizachyrium scoparium Serpentine Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This serpentine grassland community of Pennsylvania and Staten Island, New York, is associated with soils derived from weathered serpentine bedrock. It occurs over shallow (15-25 cm deep) silt loam to clay loam soils on low to mid slopes with a northerly aspect. The dominant species in this community are <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i> and <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>. Other characteristic herbaceous species may include <i>Symphyotrichum depauperatum, Vernonia noveboracensis, Achillea millefolium, Deschampsia cespitosa, Packera anonyma, Oenothera fruticosa ssp. tetragona, Setaria parviflora, Panicum virgatum, Danthonia spicata, Symphyotrichum ericoides, Symphyotrichum lateriflorum, Ageratina aromatica, Potentilla simplex</i>, and <i>Asclepias viridiflora</i>. In Pennsylvania, the only important woody species is <i>Juniperus virginiana</i> which may have up to 40% cover in some grasslands. In New York, trees may cover 20-40% and typically include <i>Betula populifolia, Quercus velutina, Sassafras albidum</i>, and <i>Populus tremuloides</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35084-{D8F9B4CF-5CAE-47AC-9B24-0118F028533F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 21-Sep-2005 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.787695 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006441
  Translated: Indiangrass - Little Bluestem Serpentine Grassland
  Common: Indiangrass - Little Bluestem Serpentine Grassland
  Scientific: Sorghastrum nutans - Schizachyrium scoparium Serpentine Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Sorghastrum nutans - Schizachyrium scoparium Serpentine Herbaceous Vegetation