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Schizachyrium scoparium - Bifora americana - Paspalum plicatulum Tallgrass Prairie Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Bifora americana - Paspalum plicatulum Tallgrass Prairie Group Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This perennial grassland prairie group encompasses alliances and associations related to blackland prairies of Texas and Oklahoma, grasslands on sands of central Texas, as well as non-saline tallgrass prairie vegetation ranging along the coast of Louisiana and Texas. In the blackland areas, soils are typically dark alkaline Vertisols over calcareous parent material interspersed with patches of acidic, sandy loam Alfisols and Mollisols. In the coastal prairies, this vegetation occurs on Vertisols and Alfisols which have developed over Pleistocene terraces flanking the Gulf Coast. This group also encompasses grasslands occurring on deep sandy soils (Entisols) in two settings: older Eocene strata, and younger Pleistocene terraces flanking rivers. Terrain in this group is often characterized by gilgai, ridge-and-swale, or mound-and-intermound mima mound microtopography, and the vegetation encompasses both upland and small-scale wetland plant communities. Both of these components are typically dominated by perennial grasses such as <i>Andropogon gerardii, Panicum virgatum, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum nutans, Sporobolus silveanus, Triplasis purpurea</i>, and <i>Tripsacum dactyloides</i>. In addition, <i>Paspalum plicatulum</i> is a possible dominant in the coastal stands. Disturbed examples of coastal stands may be dominated by <i>Andropogon glomeratus</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40085-{BBF4A465-4D2B-4D8D-AFC3-58F57CDD99DB} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 07-May-2015 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Andropogon gerardii - Sorghastrum nutans - Liatris spicata Tallgrass Prairie Macrogroup This Community's Level: Group This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Panicum virgatum - Tripsacum dactyloides Grassland Alliance   Schizachyrium scoparium - Liatris elegans var. carizzana Sandy Grassland Alliance   Schizachyrium scoparium - Paspalum plicatulum - Schizachyrium tenerum Grassland Alliance   Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Andropogon gerardii Grassland Alliance		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.857027 NatureServe Explorer   Code: G335   Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Bifora americana - Paspalum plicatulum Tallgrass Prairie Group