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CEGL004026 Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Bifora americana Alfisol Grassland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Little Bluestem - Indiangrass - Prairie Bishop Alfisol Grassland
Colloquial Name: Alfisol Blackland Prairie
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This tallgrass prairie community occurs on Alfisols in the southern and central portions of the Blackland Prairie and in the San Antonio Prairie of Texas. Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum nutans, and Bifora americana are dominant and/or characteristic species.
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: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This tallgrass prairie community occurs on Alfisols in the southern and central portions of the Blackland Prairie and in the San Antonio Prairie of Texas (Diamond and Smeins 1990).
Nations: US
States/Provinces: TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1G2
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.1 Big Bluestem - Indiangrass - Dense Blazingstar Tallgrass Prairie Macrogroup | M054 | 2.B.2.Nb.1 |
| Group | 2.B.2.Nb.1.a Little Bluestem - Prairie Bishop - Brownseed Crowngrass Tallgrass Prairie Group | G335 | 2.B.2.Nb.1.a |
| Alliance | A4063 Little Bluestem - Indiangrass - Big Bluestem Grassland Alliance | A4063 | 2.B.2.Nb.1.a |
| Association | CEGL004026 Little Bluestem - Indiangrass - Prairie Bishop Alfisol Grassland | CEGL004026 | 2.B.2.Nb.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Schizachyrium-Sorghastrum-Andropogon community type (Diamond and Smeins 1985)
< Schizachyrium-Sorghastrum-Andropogon community type (Diamond and Smeins 1988)
= Little Bluestem-Indiangrass Association (Diamond and Smeins 1990)
< Schizachyrium-Sorghastrum-Andropogon community type (Diamond and Smeins 1988)
= Little Bluestem-Indiangrass Association (Diamond and Smeins 1990)
- Diamond, D. D. 1993. Classification of the plant communities of Texas (series level). Unpublished document. Texas Natural Heritage Program, Austin. 25 pp.
- Diamond, D. D., and F. E. Smeins. 1985. Composition, classification and species response patterns of remnant tallgrass prairies in Texas. The American Midland Naturalist 113:249-308.
- Diamond, D. D., and F. E. Smeins. 1988. Gradient analysis of remnant true and upper coastal prairie grasslands of North America. Canadian Journal of Botany 66:2152-2161.
- Diamond, D. D., and F. E. Smeins. 1990. The prairie--The native plant communities of the blackland prairie. Unpublished draft report. Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife, Austin, TX.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.