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Great Plains Badlands Vegetation Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Great Plains Badlands Vegetation Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This macrogroup includes badlands vegetation in the northern Great Plains of the United States and Canada. Vegetation cover is typically sparse but can be moderate in limited areas with shallower slopes. The dominant vegetation is a mix of shrubs, forbs, and grasses with each dominating some areas. There is typically zonation of vegetation from the top of a slope to the bottom with different groups of species most common in certain zones. Typical species found in Great Plains badlands are the shrubs <i>Artemisia cana, Artemisia longifolia, Artemisia tridentata, Atriplex</i> spp., <i>Eriogonum flavum, Eriogonum pauciflorum, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Juniperus horizontalis</i>, and <i>Sarcobatus vermiculatus</i>. Forbs include <i>Iva axillaris</i>, among others. Graminoids, though uncommon, include <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i>, and, in saline seepages, <i>Distichlis spicata</i>. Examples are found on slopes above rivers or streams, with erodible clay and poorly consolidated shale interspersed with sandstone, lignite lenses, and occasional scoria outcrops. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40512-{93EB1E87-F265-4073-BA8C-C661DD2C624B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 15-Oct-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.860626 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M115
  Scientific: Great Plains Badlands Vegetation Macrogroup