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CEGL002180 Prunus angustifolia / Schizachyrium scoparium Ruderal Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Chickasaw Plum / Little Bluestem Ruderal Shrubland
Colloquial Name: Chickasaw Plum Ruderal Shrubland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community represents degraded sand sage prairies and pastures, often generated from other communities in this alliance by mechanical or chemical removal of Artemisia filifolia. Other characteristic species include Andropogon hallii, Bouteloua curtipendula, Gaillardia pulchella, Prunus gracilis, and Rhus aromatica.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Prunus angustifolia often dominates, particularly after chaining (ranching modification of grazing land where a chain is dragged across the ground by bulldozers to reduce shrub cover).
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: No Data Available
Nations: US
States/Provinces: OK
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687011
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNA
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.90 Kentucky Bluegrass - Buffalograss - Knapweed species Great Plains Ruderal Grassland & Shrubland Macrogroup | M498 | 2.B.2.Nb.90 |
| Group | 2.B.2.Nb.90.a Southern Great Plains-Comanchian Ruderal Grassland & Shrubland | G680 | 2.B.2.Nb.90.a |
| Alliance | A4232 Great Plains Comanchian Ruderal Shrubland Alliance | A4232 | 2.B.2.Nb.90.a |
| Association | CEGL002180 Chickasaw Plum / Little Bluestem Ruderal Shrubland | CEGL002180 | 2.B.2.Nb.90.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
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