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Eriogonum pauciflorum - Gutierrezia sarothrae Badlands Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Eriogonum pauciflorum - Gutierrezia sarothrae Badlands Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance contains sparsely vegetated, forb-dominated communities on badland landscapes in the northwestern Great Plains. Total vegetation cover is generally nearly absent to sparse (1-10% cover). Consistent species in this alliance are <i>Eriogonum pauciflorum</i> and <i>Gutierrezia sarothrae</i>. Other species possible are <i>Atriplex argentea, Cryptantha thyrsiflora, Opuntia polyacantha</i>, and the forb <i>Grindelia squarrosa</i>. <i>Atriplex canescens</i> dwarf-shrubs may be observed throughout the type but are typically short-statured and scattered in distribution. These communities occur on clays, shales, and poorly consolidated sandstones or conglomerates or on the colluvial slopes at the base of such slopes, all of which are easily eroded by wind and water. The rapid erosion prevents the development of soils and this along with the arid climate limit vegetation development. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39189-{97BF76BE-1C70-4C62-ADEA-A0C3FDC32219}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.900030 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3979
  Translated: Few-flower Buckwheat - Broom Snakeweed Badlands Alliance
  Common: Few-flower Buckwheat - Broom Snakeweed Badlands
  Scientific: Eriogonum pauciflorum - Gutierrezia sarothrae Badlands Alliance