Great Plains Steppe
Ecological Stratifications
- Porous Clay
- Dense Clay
- Clayey
- Claypan
- Loamy
- Shallow
- Badlands
- Sandy
- Thin Sands
- Saline Upland
- Overflow
Vegetation Descriptions
| POROUS CLAY |
SCSC-CALO-PASM | little bluestem - prairie sandreed - Western wheatgrass |
| CALO-SCSC-PASM-CAINH2 | prairie sandreed - little bluestem - Western wheatgrass - sun sedge | |
| CAINH2-KOMA-BOGR2 | sun sedge - prairie junegrass - blue grama | |
| SCSC-CALO-JUCO6-AMCA6 | little bluestem - prairie sandreed - juniper - leadplant | |
| SCSC-PASM-AMCA6-JUCO6 | little bluestem - Western wheatgrass - leadplant - juniper | |
| CAINH2-BOGR2-AMCA6-JUCO6 | sun sedge - blue grama - leadplant - juniper | |
| DENSE CLAY |
ACMIO-VUOC | Western yarrow - six weeks fescue |
| PASM-NAVI4 | Western wheatgrass - green needlegrass | |
| PASM-NAVI4-BOCU-BOGR2 | Western wheatgrass - green needlegrass- sideoats grama - blue grama | |
| PASM-BOGR2 | Western wheatgrass -blue grama | |
| NAVI4-PASM-ARTR2-KOMA | green needlegrass - Western wheatgrass - Wyoming big sagebrush - prairie junegrass | |
| PASM-NAVI4-BOGR2-ARTR2 | Western wheatgrass - green needlegrass - blue grama - Wyoming big sagebrush | |
| PASM-BOGR2-ARPE6-ARTR2 | Western wheatgrass - blue grama - birdfoot sagebrush - Wyoming big sagebrush | |
| CLAYEY |
HECO26-ARPUL-GRSQ | needle and thread - Fendler threeawn - Curly cup gumweed |
| NAVI4-PASM-HECO26-HESP11 | Green needlegrass - Western wheatgrass - needle and thread - porcupine grass | |
| PASM-NAVI4-BOCU-BOGR2 | Western wheatgrass - green needlegrass - sideoats grama - blue grama | |
| BOGR2-BUDA-CAFI-PASM | blue grama - buffalograss - threadleaf sedge - Western wheatgrass | |
| NAVI4-PASM-HECO26-SYOC | green needlegrass - Western wheatgrass - needle and thread - Western snowberry | |
| PASM-NAVI4-BOGR2-SYOC | Western wheatgrass - green needlegrass - blue grama - Western snowberry | |
| BOGR2-PASM-POSE-SYOC | blue grama - Western wheatgrass - Sandberg bluegrass - Western snowberry | |
| CLAYPAN |
HECO26-KOMA-GRSQ | needle and thread - prairie junegrass - curly cup gumweed |
| ARPUF-VUOC-GRSQ | threeawn - six weeks fescue - curly cup gumweed | |
| PASM-NAVI4-HECO26-CALO | Western wheatgrass - green needlegrass - needle and thread - prairie sandreed | |
| PASM-BOGR2-HECO26 | Western wheatgrass - blue grama - needle and thread | |
| BOGR2-BUDA-OPPO-CAFI | blue grama - buffalograss - plains prickley pear - threadleaf sedge | |
| PASM-NAVI4-HECO26-ARTR2 | Western wheatgrass - green needlegrass - needle and thread - Wyoming big sagebrush | |
| PASM-BOGR2-NAVI4-ARTR2 | Western wheatgrass - blue grama - green needlegrass -Wyoming big sagebrush | |
| BOGR2-BUDA-OPPO-ARTR2 | blue grama - buffalograss - plains prickley pear - Wyoming big sagebrush | |
| LOAMY |
HECO26-ARPUF-GRSQ | needle and thread - threeawn - curly cup gumweed |
| ARPUF-BOGR2-DYPA | threeawn -blue grama - fetid marigold | |
| NAVI4-PASM-HECO26-ANGE | green needlegrass - Western wheatgrass - needle and thread - big bluestem | |
| PASM-HECO26-BOCU-BOGR2 | Western wheatgrass - needle and thread - sideoats grama -blue grama | |
| BOGR2-BUDA-CAFI | blue grama - buffalograss - threadleaf sedge | |
| NAVI4-PASM-HECO26-ARTR2 | Western wheatgrass - needle and thread - needle and thread - Wyoming big sagebrush | |
| PASM-HECO26-BOCU-ARTR2 | Western wheatgrass - needle and thread - sideoats grama -Wyoming big sagebrush | |
| BOGR2-BUDA-CAFI-ARTR2 | blue grama - buffalograss - threadleaf sedge - Wyoming big sagebrush | |
| SHALLOW |
ARPUF-HECO26-SCSC | threeawn - needle and thread - little bluestem |
| HECO26-SCSC-NAVI4-BOCU | needle and thread - little bluestem - green needlegrass - sideoats grama | |
| SCSC-HECO26-BOCU-BOGR2 | little bluestem - needle and thread - sideoats grama - blue grama | |
| BOGR2-BOHI2-CAFI | blue grama - hairy grama - threadleaf sedge | |
| SCSC-HECO26-KOMA-ARTR2 | little bluestem - needle and thread - prairie junegrass - Wyoming big sagebrush | |
| HECO26-SCSC-BOCU-ARTR2 | needle and thread - little bluestem - sideoats grama - Wyoming big sagebrush | |
| BOGR2-BOHI2-CAFI-ARTR2 | blue grama - hairy grama - threadleaf sedge - Wyoming big sagebrush | |
| SANDY |
ARPUF-HECO26-SPCR | threeawn - needle and thread - sand dropseed |
| ANHA-CALO-HECO26-SCSC | sand bluestem - prairie sandreed - needle and thread - little bluestem | |
| PASM-HECO26-SPCR-BOGR2 | Western wheatgrass - needle and thread - sand dropseed - blue grama | |
| BOGR2-BOHI2-CAFI | blue grama - hairy grama - threadleaf sedge | |
| ANHA-CALO-YUGL-ARCA13 | sand bluestem - prairie sandreed - yucca - silver sagebrush | |
| PASM-HECO26-YUGL-ARCA13 | western wheat grass - needle and thread - yucca - silver sagebrush | |
| BOGR2-BOHI2-ARCA13-YUGL | blue grama - hairy grama - silver sagebrush - yucca | |
| THIN SANDS |
CALO-ANHA-SCSC-ANGE | prairie sandreed - sand bluestem - little bluestem - big bluestem |
| BOGR2-CAFI-SCSC-HECO26 | blue grama - threadleaf sedge - little bluestem - needle and thread | |
| HECO26-PASM-DIOLS-SPCR | needle and thread - Western wheatgrass - Scribner panicum - sand dropseed | |
| CALO-SCSC-OPPO-YUGL | Prairie sandreed - little bluestem - plains prickley pear - yucca | |
| HECO26-BOGR2-OPPO-JUHO2 | needle and thread - blue grama - plains prickley pear - creeping juniper | |
| HECO26-PASM-JUHO2-ROAR3 | needle and thread - Western wheatgrass - Creeping/Rocky Mtn. juniper - prairie rose | |
| SALINE UPLAND |
PASM-DISP-SPAI-ACHY | Western wheatgrass - inland saltgrass - alkali sacaton - indian ricegrass |
| PASM-DISP-SPAI-CAFI | Western wheatgrass - inland saltgrass - alkali sacaton - threadleaf sedge | |
| DISP-CAFI-KOMA-BOGR2 | inland saltgrass - threadleaf sedge - prairie junegrass -blue grama | |
| PASM-DISP-SPAI-ATGA | Western wheatgrass - inland saltgrass - alkali sacaton - Gardner's saltbush | |
| PASM-DISP-ATGA-SAVE4 | Western wheatgrass - inland saltgrass - Gardner's saltbush - greasewood | |
| DISP-CAFI-KOMA-SAVE4 | inland saltgrass - threadleaf sedge - prairie junegrass - greasewood | |
| BADLANDS |
ARPUF-HECO26-SPCR | Fendler threeawn - Needle and thread - sand dropseed |
| CALO-SCSC-PASM-ANGE | prairie sandreed - little bluestem - Western wheatgrass - big bluestem | |
| PASM-SCSC-CALO-DISP | Western wheatgrass - little bluestem - prairie sandreed - inland saltgrass | |
| DISP-PASM | inland saltgrass - Western wheatgrass | |
| CALO-SCSC-PASM-ARTR2 | prairie sandreed - little bluestem - Western wheatgrass - silver/big sagebrush | |
| PASM-SCSC-DISP-ARTR2 | western wheatgrass - little bluestem - inland saltgrass - silver/big sagebrush | |
| DISP-PASM-ARTR2 | inland saltgrass - Western wheatgrass - silver/big sagebrush | |
| OVERFLOW |
ANGE-NAVI4-PAVI2-PASM | big bluestem - green needlegrass - switchgrass - Western wheatgrass |
| BOGR2-PASM | blue grama - Western wheatgrass | |
| ANGE-NAVI4-PAVI2 | big bluestem - green needlegrass - switchgrass | |
| PASM-ARCA13-ARTR2 | Western wheatgrass - silver sagebrush - big sagebrush | |
| BOGR2-PASM-ARTR2 | blue grama - Western wheatgrass - big sagebrush | |
| SYOC-ARTR2-PASM | Western snowberry - big sagebrush - Western wheatgrass | |
| WATER | water |
Disturbance Processes
- SUCCESSION
- LIGHT-BISON-GRAZING
- HEAVY-BISON-GRAZING
- STAND-REPLACING-FIRE
- WET-SUCCESSION
- DRY-SUCCESSION
- PRAIRIE-DOG-ACTIVE
- PRAIRIE-DOG-INACTIVE