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Agropyron cristatum - Bromus inermis - Poa pratensis Ruderal Grassland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Agropyron cristatum - Bromus inermis - Poa pratensis Ruderal Grassland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance occurs in disturbed dry to mesic grasslands and meadows found in lowland, montane and subalpine elevations (sea level to 3600 m) throughout the western U.S. and Canada. Vegetation can be a monoculture of a single non-native graminoid species, or a mix of several non-native forbs and graminoids. Graminoids include <i>Agropyron cristatum</i> and <i>Bromus inermis</i> (which has been purposefully seeded to prevent soil erosion), as well as many introduced forage species, especially in more mesic montane uplands, such as <i>Alopecurus pratensis, Dactylis glomerata, Phleum pratense, Poa pratensis</i>, and <i>Psathyrostachys juncea</i>. Highly invasive and wind- and animal-distributed non-native forb species include <i>Sisymbrium altissimum, Descurainia sophia</i>, and <i>Lappula occidentalis</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38541-{3E18BD26-CD3E-4000-A1C4-572DBF9AB662}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 27-Sep-2013 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899378 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3254
  Translated: Crested Wheatgrass - Smooth Brome - Kentucky Bluegrass Ruderal Grassland Alliance
  Common: Western Ruderal Perennial Grassland
  Scientific: Agropyron cristatum - Bromus inermis - Poa pratensis Ruderal Grassland Alliance