Colorado Gap Analysis Project

Colorado Gap Analysis Project
Colorado Land Cover Classification System

Mid grass prairie type

 National Gap Analysis Project

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(The following was taken verbatim from Thompson et al. 1996)
Dominant Species: Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula), Galleta (Hilaria jamesii), Foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum), Western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii), Bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata), Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), New Mexico feathergrass (Stipa neomexicana), Green needlegrass (Stipa viridula).
Description: (see NOTES)
Distribution: Eastern Colorado
Diagnostic Species: Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula), Galleta (Hilaria jamesii), Foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum), Western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii), Bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata), Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), New Mexico feathergrass (Stipa neomexicana), Green needlegrass (Stipa viridula), Needle and thread (Stipa comata).
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