Name:
Tiquilia hispidissima / Bouteloua breviseta - Sporobolus nealleyi Grassland Group
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This group is restricted to gypsum outcrops, gypsiferous soils and gypsum dunes in the Chihuahuan Desert. Vegetation is composed of typically sparse to open grasslands, steppes or dwarf-shrublands that are characterized by a variety of gypsophilous plants, many of which are endemic to these habitats. Characteristic species include such as <i>Bouteloua breviseta, Calylophus hartwegii, Frankenia jamesii, Gaillardia multiceps, Mentzelia perennis, Nama carnosum, Sartwellia flaveriae, Selinocarpus lanceolatus, Sporobolus nealleyi, Tidestromia carnosa, Tiquilia hispidissima</i>, and other gypsophilous species. Additionally, several wide-ranging associates such as <i>Achnatherum hymenoides, Andropogon hallii, Artemisia filifolia, Atriplex canescens, Atriplex obovata, Dalea lanata, Fouquieria splendens, Larrea tridentata, Muhlenbergia pungens, Psorothamnus scoparius</i>, and <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> that appear to tolerate gypsiferous soils may be present to codominate in some stands. Stands occur in basins and slopes ranging from 1100 to 2000 m elevation.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40127-{F44B2591-F3FD-465F-8477-DFE91686E37F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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