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Bouteloua eriopoda - Bouteloua ramosa Piedmont Desert Grassland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Bouteloua eriopoda - Bouteloua ramosa Piedmont Desert Grassland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: These semi-desert grassland are found primarily in the piedmont areas in the Chihuahuan Desert. Stands have a moderately dense to dense herbaceous layer dominated by perennial grasses such as <i>Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua eriopoda, Bouteloua gracilis, Bouteloua hirsuta, Bouteloua ramosa, Bouteloua trifida, Bothriochloa barbinodis, Digitaria californica, Hesperostipa neomexicana</i>, and <i>Pleuraphis mutica</i>. <i>Pleuraphis rigida</i> is important in western stands transitioning into the Sonoran Desert. Annual grasses <i>Bouteloua aristidoides, Chloris virgata</i>, and <i>Eriochloa lemmonii</i> are important on disturbed sites. An open canopy of scattered shrubs may be present. Common shrub species are <i>Acacia neovernicosa, Ayenia microphylla, Dasylirion wheeleri, Ephedra trifurca, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Larrea tridentata</i>, and <i>Parthenium incanum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38491-{98307C32-583D-4DB4-BDD9-855D5B2EB7F9}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899328 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3204
  Translated: Black Grama - Chino Grama Piedmont Desert Grassland Alliance
  Common: Black Grama - Chino Grama Piedmont Desert Grassland
  Scientific: Bouteloua eriopoda - Bouteloua ramosa Piedmont Desert Grassland Alliance