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Western Great Plains Saline Wet Meadow Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Western Great Plains Saline Wet Meadow Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This saline wet meadow group is found in the northern, southern and western Great Plains and in the Rocky Mountain foothills. Dominant grasses include <i>Distichlis spicata, Muhlenbergia porteri, Panicum obtusum, Puccinellia nuttalliana, Scleropogon brevifolius</i>, and/or <i>Sporobolus airoides</i>. Scattered shrubs may include <i>Allenrolfea occidentalis, Artemisia frigida, Artemisia tridentata, Atriplex canescens, Chrysothamnus</i> spp., <i>Gutierrezia sarothrae</i>, and <i>Sarcobatus vermiculatus</i>. Stands occur in a wide variety of lowland sites, such as stream terraces, swales, interdune basins, and alluvial flats. This group has a high water table because of land position and impermeable subsurface horizons. Soils are moderately saline and usually alkaline. Soil surface textures are sandy to clayey. The soils morphology often includes a claypan, caliche layer or other subsurface horizon that impedes water movement. Soils are saline or alkaline, but salt crusts on the surface are absent. Although periodic flooding is rare, stands of this group receive more water than the surrounding uplands through runoff. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40214-{2F8BB2BD-16F7-4070-B032-1CB5A26D11A6}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 03-Dec-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.860851 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G534
  Scientific: Western Great Plains Saline Wet Meadow Group