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State 2 to 3 <br /> Long-term heavy continuous grazing with over-stocking, or excessive defoliation,without adequate recovery <br /> periods following each grazing event, will shift this plant community across an ecological threshold toward the <br /> Increased Bare Ground Plant Community. Erosion and loss of organic matter/carbon reserves are concerns. <br /> Additional community tables <br /> Table 6.Community 1.1 plant community composition <br /> Annual Production Follar Cover <br /> Group Common Name Symbol Scientific Name (Lb/Acre) N <br /> Grass/Grasslike <br /> 1 1 1155-1403 <br /> blue grama BOGR2 Bouteloua gracilis 330-495 — <br /> prairie sandreed CALO Calamovilfa longifo/ia 330-495 — <br /> sand bluestem ANHA Andropogon hallii 83-248 — <br /> switchgrass PAVI2 Panicum virgatum 83-165 — <br /> needle and thread HECOC8 Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata 83-165 — <br /> western wheatgrass PASM Pascopyrum smithii 17-116 — <br /> thickspike wheatgrass ELLAL Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus 0-83 — <br /> sun sedge CAINH2 Carex inops ssp. heliophila 17-83 — <br /> little bluestem SCSC Schizachyrium scoparium 17-83 — <br /> Indiangrass SONU2 Sorghastrum nutans 0-83 — <br /> sideoats grama BOCU Bouteloua curtipendula 17-83 — <br /> Grass, perennial 2GP Grass,perennial 0-83 — <br /> sand dropseed SPCR Sporobolus cryptandrus 17-50 — <br /> prairie Junegrass KOMA Koeleria macrantha 17-50 — <br /> Indian ricegrass ACHY Achnatherum hymenoides 17-33 — <br /> buffalograss BODA2 Bouteloua dactyloides 0-17 — <br /> Fendler threeawn ARPUL Aristida purpurea var. longiseta 0-17 — <br /> thin paspalum PASE5 Paspalum setaceum 0-17 — <br /> Forb <br /> 2 2 165-248 <br /> Forb,perennial 2FP Forb,perennial 33-83 — <br /> purple prairie clover DAPUP Dalea purpurea var.purpurea 17-33 — <br /> manystem pea LAPO2 Lathyrus polymorphus 17-33 — <br /> dotted blazing star LIPU Liatris punctata 17-33 — <br /> broadbeard beardtongue PEAN4 Penstemon angustifolius 17-33 — <br /> upright prairie coneflower RACO3 Ratibida columnifera 17-33 — <br /> scarlet globemallow SPCO Sphaeralcea coccinea 17-33 — <br /> prairie spiderwort TROC Tradescantia occidentalis 17-33 — <br /> American vetch VIAM Vicia americana 17-33 — <br /> white heath aster SYERE Symphyotrichum ericoides var. 0-17 — <br /> ericoides <br /> silverleaf Indian PEAR6 Pediomelum argophyllum 0-17 — <br /> breadroot <br /> slimflower scurfpea PSTE5 Psora/idium tenuiflorum 0-17 — <br />