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CEGL004016 Andropogon hallii - Calamovilfa gigantea - Calamovilfa longifolia Grassland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sand Bluestem - Giant Sandreed - Prairie Sandreed Grassland
Colloquial Name: Southern Sand Bluestem - Sandreed Prairie
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: These sandy prairies are dominated by Andropogon hallii and Calamovilfa gigantea. Other characteristic species include Cenchrus spinifex, Eriogonum annuum, and Rhus aromatica. This association apparently ranges from western Kansas and Oklahoma south into Texas. It may extend as far south as the Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This vegetation is reported from southern Kansas from the Red Hills, High Plains, and the Wellington-McPherson Lowlands (K. Kindscher pers. comm.).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: These sandy prairies are dominated by Andropogon hallii and Calamovilfa gigantea. Other characteristic species include Cenchrus spinifex (= Cenchrus pauciflorus), Eriogonum annuum, and Rhus aromatica.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This association apparently ranges from western Kansas and Oklahoma south into Texas. It may extend as far south as the Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: KS, OK, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683832
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
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.4 Sand Bluestem - Prairie Sandreed - Sand Sagebrush Great Plains Sand Grassland & Shrubland Macrogroup | M052 | 2.B.2.Nb.4 |
| Group | 2.B.2.Nb.4.a Southern Great Plains Sand Grassland & Shrubland Group | G888 | 2.B.2.Nb.4.a |
| Alliance | A1193 Sand Bluestem - Giant Sandreed Sand Prairie Alliance | A1193 | 2.B.2.Nb.4.a |
| Association | CEGL004016 Sand Bluestem - Giant Sandreed - Prairie Sandreed Grassland | CEGL004016 | 2.B.2.Nb.4.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Baalman, R. J. 1965. Vegetation of the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Jet, Oklahoma. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Oklahoma, Norman.
- Bruner, W. E. 1931. The vegetation of Oklahoma. Ecological Monographs 1:99-188.
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- Hoagland, B. 2000. The vegetation of Oklahoma: A classification for landscape mapping and conservation planning. The Southwestern Naturalist 45(4):385-420.
- Kindscher, Kelly. Personal communication. Ecologist/Associate Scientist. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.
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- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.