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Salix interior / Sporobolus cryptandrus - Artemisia campestris Riverscour Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Salix interior / Sporobolus cryptandrus - Artemisia campestris Riverscour Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This group encompasses sites within the scour zone of stream channels in the Great Plains from the U.S.-Canadian border region south to the U.S.-Mexican border region. It is more common in the western Great Plains than the eastern Great Plains. Examples of this group are found in watercourses that have been recently scoured by flooding. These can be beds of intermittent streams or in the floodplains of more permanent streams or rivers which have frequent flooding. Stands can have sparse cover of short shrubs or tree seedlings or herbaceous species. Frequent scouring prevents more dense vegetation from developing. <i>Salix</i> spp., and particularly <i>Salix interior</i>, are the most common shrubs. Seedlings of <i>Populus deltoides</i> can be present. The herbaceous component is diverse and can have significant amounts of exotic species. Species such as <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus, Artemisia campestris, Juncus articulatus, Polygonum</i> spp., and the exotics <i>Agrostis stolonifera, Bidens frondosa</i>, and <i>Trifolium repens</i> are common in much of the Great Plains with <i>Andropogon glomeratus</i> and <i>Panicum virgatum</i> often abundant in south Texas. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40237-{723C1E85-E66E-4DD0-8D1C-3BB6F2E05B6F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-May-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.857077 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G568
  Scientific: Salix interior / Sporobolus cryptandrus - Artemisia campestris Riverscour Group