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CEGL004948 Bouteloua dactyloides Modified Grassland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Buffalograss Modified Grassland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association includes modified vegetation found in Oklahoma and possibly Texas dominated by Bouteloua dactyloides, in pastured and other disturbed areas, especially over clay or compacted soils. Other characteristic species include Aristida oligantha, Ambrosia psilostachya, Bouteloua gracilis, and Sporobolus compositus.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: This community is found in Oklahoma and possibly Texas.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  OK, TX?




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: GNA

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: No Data Available

Concept Author(s): B. Hoagland

Author of Description: B. Hoagland

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 10-18-01

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  • Hazell, D. B. 1967. Effect of grazing intensity on plant composition, vigor and production. Journal of Range Management 20:249-254.
  • Hoagland, B. 2000. The vegetation of Oklahoma: A classification for landscape mapping and conservation planning. The Southwestern Naturalist 45(4):385-420.
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