Intermountain Needle-and-Thread Grassland

Type:Alliance
Parent classification:Intermountain Semi-Desert Grassland
Scientific Name:Hesperostipa comata Grassland Alliance
Location:United States (Arizona, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada)
Description:This grassland alliance is dominated or codominated by Aristida purpurea, Bouteloua gracilis, Hesperostipa comata, or Sporobolus cryptandrus and is found primarily from Wyoming Basins, Colorado Plateau and Great Basin.
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Child types

Name
Aristida purpurea Grassland
Bouteloua gracilis - Hesperostipa comata Grassland
Hesperostipa comata - (Bouteloua eriopoda, Pleuraphis jamesii) Grassland
Hesperostipa comata Great Basin Grassland
Needle-and-Thread - Indian Ricegrass Mixedgrass Prairie
Sporobolus cryptandrus Great Basin Grassland

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer