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CEGL008453 Urochloa ramosa Ruderal Grassland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Browntop-millet Ruderal Grassland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association is dominated by Urochloa ramosa (a native of Eurasia); it is planted or invades abandoned farmland and other disturbed areas in the southeastern United States. The species may be planted as a seed crop, for erosion control, or for wildlife enhancement purposes. The relative persistence of this type is not known with certainty.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Urochloa ramosa has also been known as Brachiaria ramosa or Panicum ramosum.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available

Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: This vegetation is dominated by Urochloa ramosa (a native of Eurasia). The species may be planted in the southeastern United States as a seed crop, for erosion control, or for wildlife enhancement purposes. The relative persistence of this type is not known with certainty.

Dynamics:  The relative persistence of this type is not known with certainty.

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: This association is found in the southeastern United States.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  AL, FL, GA, MS




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): M. Pyne

Author of Description: M. Pyne

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 08-31-00

  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.