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Pseudoroegneria spicata - Pascopyrum smithii - Hesperostipa comata Grassland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pseudoroegneria spicata - Pascopyrum smithii - Hesperostipa comata Grassland Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This alliance is found in the northwestern Great Plains. Short and medium-tall graminoids dominate and total vegetation cover is low to moderate. <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i> is consistently abundant to dominant. Other species that can be common or dominant on some sites are <i>Pascopyrum smithii, Elymus lanceolatus, Hesperostipa comata</i>, and <i>Bouteloua gracilis</i>. Associated species include <i>Schizachyrium scoparium, Carex duriuscula, Bouteloua curtipendula, Koeleria macrantha</i>, and <i>Poa secunda</i>. The alliance occurs on moderate to steep slopes. Soils tend to be shallow and with coarse rock fragments but the alliance can be on deeper soils, too.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39242-{EE434E5E-EF44-42F9-9637-B831198F9A40} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Hesperostipa comata - Bouteloua gracilis Dry Mixedgrass Prairie Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Pseudoroegneria spicata - Bouteloua curtipendula Grassland   Pseudoroegneria spicata - Bouteloua gracilis Grassland   Pseudoroegneria spicata - Pascopyrum smithii Grassland		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.900083 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A4032   Translated: Bluebunch Wheatgrass - Western Wheatgrass - Needle-and-Thread Grassland Alliance   Common: Bluebunch Wheatgrass - Western Wheatgrass - Needle-and-Thread Grassland   Scientific: Pseudoroegneria spicata - Pascopyrum smithii - Hesperostipa comata Grassland Alliance