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Andropogon gerardii - Sporobolus heterolepis - Hesperostipa spartea Tallgrass Prairie Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Andropogon gerardii - Sporobolus heterolepis - Hesperostipa spartea Tallgrass Prairie Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This northern tallgrass prairie group is found on mesic sites from northwestern Iowa in the United States northward through Minnesota and the Dakotas to southeastern Manitoba, Canada. It is dominated by tallgrass species such as <i>Andropogon gerardii, Panicum virgatum</i>, and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i>. Key diagnostics include <i>Hesperostipa spartea, Muhlenbergia richardsonis</i>, and <i>Sporobolus heterolepis</i>. The soils in this region are only moderately rich and deep. Where this group occurs on well-drained, drier soils, it grades into ~Northeastern Great Plains Aspen Woodland Group (G146)$$ to the north and east. Grazing and fire influenced species composition and distribution of this group historically, but much of it has been converted to agriculture and very few unaltered examples persist in the modern, highly fragmented landscape. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39777-{5BB43DF0-B6BD-4D5D-9706-D220A39EA1DD}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 25-Aug-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.849293 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G075
  Scientific: Andropogon gerardii - Sporobolus heterolepis - Hesperostipa spartea Tallgrass Prairie Group