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CEGL001764 Bouteloua hirsuta - Bouteloua curtipendula Grassland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Hairy Grama - Sideoats Grama Grassland

Colloquial Name: Hairy Grama - Sideoats Grama Shortgrass Prairie

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association occurs on shallow or coarse soils, in central and western Oklahoma. Bouteloua hirsuta and Bouteloua curtipendula are dominant. Other characteristic species include Aristida purpurascens, Bouteloua rigidiseta, Croton michauxii var. ellipticus, Chaetopappa asteroides, Echinocereus reichenbachii, Lithophragma tenellum, Opuntia macrorhiza, Schizachyrium scoparium, Rhus glabra, Sida abutifolia, and Thelesperma filifolium.

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
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: Bouteloua hirsuta and Bouteloua curtipendula are dominant. Other characteristic species include Aristida purpurascens, Bouteloua rigidiseta, Croton michauxii var. ellipticus (= Crotonopsis elliptica), Chaetopappa asteroides, Echinocereus reichenbachii (= Echinocereus caespitosus), Lithophragma tenellum, Opuntia macrorhiza, Schizachyrium scoparium, Rhus glabra, Sida abutifolia (= Sida procumbens), and Thelesperma filifolium.

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  This association occurs on shallow or coarse soils, in central and western Oklahoma.
Geographic Range: This association is reported from Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  NM, OK, TX


Confidence Level: Low

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4

Greasons: No Data Available
Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Class 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class C02 2
Subclass 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass S18 2.B
Formation 2.B.2 Temperate Grassland & Shrubland Formation F012 2.B.2
Division 2.B.2.Nb Central North American Grassland & Shrubland Division D023 2.B.2.Nb
Macrogroup 2.B.2.Nb.3 Blue Grama - Buffalograss Shortgrass Prairie Macrogroup M053 2.B.2.Nb.3
Group 2.B.2.Nb.3.a Blue Grama - Buffalograss - James'' Galleta Shortgrass Prairie Group G144 2.B.2.Nb.3.a
Alliance A4001 Blue Grama - Hairy Grama - Sideoats Grama Shortgrass Prairie Alliance A4001 2.B.2.Nb.3.a
Association CEGL001764 Hairy Grama - Sideoats Grama Grassland CEGL001764 2.B.2.Nb.3.a
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): Great Plains Program

Author of Description: Great Plains Program

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 11-26-97
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