Colorado Gap Analysis Project
Colorado Land Cover Classification System
Short grass prairie type
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Colorado Gap Analysis Project
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| Dominant Species: | Buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides), blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) |
| Description: | This graminoid type is dominated by short grass prairie species and buffalograss is considered as an indicator. Buffalograss must be present for a grassland to be mapped as this type. This type usually consists of a shortgrass understory of buffalograss and blue grama and an overstory of western wheatgrass, needle and thread grass, or other mixed grass species. |
| Distribution: | Eastern Colorado |
| Diagnostic Species: | Buchloe dactyloides, Bouteloua gracilis |
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