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Panicum virgatum - Andropogon glomeratus Riverscour Wet Meadow Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Panicum virgatum - Andropogon glomeratus Riverscour Wet Meadow Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This herbaceous alliance is found along streams in southern Texas. The herbaceous stratum varies in density from very open to dense. Herbs are rooted in cracks and in soil mats, and characteristic species are <i>Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus, Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, Fuirena simplex, Panicum virgatum</i>, and <i>Rhynchospora colorata</i>. Other species may include <i>Arundo donax, Bothriochloa ischaemum var. songarica</i> (exotic), <i>Eleocharis geniculata, Eleocharis montevidensis, Eupatorium serotinum, Indigofera lindheimeriana, Polanisia dodecandra, Ratibida columnifera, Schizachyrium scoparium, Senna lindheimeriana</i>, and <i>Solidago altissima</i>. Woody shrubs and trees may occur as scattered individuals and may include <i>Baccharis neglecta, Baccharis salicifolia, Chilopsis linearis, Juglans microcarpa, Platanus occidentalis</i>, and <i>Salix nigra</i>. This community occurs on periodically scoured flat-bedded limestone shores of perennial streams. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39324-{4F9F3EE5-EB09-4367-B600-0DAB56C57B81}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.932491 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A4115
  Translated: Switchgrass - Bushy Bluestem Riverscour Wet Meadow Alliance
  Common: Edwards Plateau Riverscour Wet Meadow
  Scientific: Panicum virgatum - Andropogon glomeratus Riverscour Wet Meadow Alliance