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Sorghum halepense Ruderal Desert Grassland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Sorghum halepense Ruderal Desert Grassland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: The vegetation is characterized by a relatively sparse to dense herbaceous layer dominated or codominated by the exotic perennial forage grass <i>Sorghum halepense</i>. The native annual forb <i>Amaranthus palmeri</i> often codominates. Associated species are sometimes many and include scattered <i>Prosopis velutina</i> shrubs and grasses and forbs such as <i>Chenopodium berlandieri, Chloris virgata, Eragrostis cilianensis, Eragrostis pectinacea, Eriochloa acuminata, Ipomoea</i> spp., <i>Kallstroemia grandiflora, Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata, Salsola kali</i>, and <i>Solanum elaeagnifolium</i>. This semi-natural alliance occurs in northern Mexico, Arizona and elsewhere in the desert southwestern U.S. where disturbance by sorghum cultivation for forage production has converted what was likely natural desert grasslands. Sites are typically flat to gently sloping basins and flats that may be intermittently flooded. Soils are variable but typically finer-textured silt loam or clays. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38295-{04A9362B-0A99-43FF-905D-FF83317F0473}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899190 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A2020
  Translated: Johnson Grass Ruderal Desert Grassland Alliance
  Common: Ruderal Johnson Grass Desert Grassland
  Scientific: Sorghum halepense Ruderal Desert Grassland Alliance