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Ecological Site Quick Reference —MLRA 72 <br /> Sandy Plains:Sand Bluestem-Prairie Sandreed-Blue Grama Plant Community(Reference Community) <br /> COMMON/GROUP NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME SYMBOL GROUP LBS acre %b wei:ht <br /> Warm Season Dominant 1 345 765 19 43 <br /> Blue Grama Bouteloua gracilis BOGR2 1 75 190 4 11 <br /> Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium SCSC 1 20 75 1 4 <br /> Prairie Sandreed Calamovilfa longifolia CALO 1 100 200 6 11 <br /> Sand Bluestem Andropogon hallii ANHA 1 150 300 8 17 <br /> Tall and Mid-Warm Season Grasses 2 110 460 6 26 <br /> Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans SONU2 2 10 90 1 5 <br /> Needle and Thread Hesperostipa comata ssp.comata HECOC8 2 50 150 3 8 <br /> Sideoats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula BOCU 2 0 90 0 5 <br /> Switchgrass Panicum virgatum PAVI2 2 50 150 3 8 <br /> Tall and Short Warm and Cool Season Grasses 3 15 230 1 13 <br /> Buffalograss Bouteloua dactyloides BODA 3 0 20 0 1 <br /> Sand Dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus SPCR 3 5 100 0.25 6 <br /> Western Wheatgrass Pascopyrum smithii PASM 3 10 100 0.5 6 <br /> i Other Grasses 4 0 75 0 4 <br /> Fendler Threeawn Aristida purpurea var.longiseta ARPUL 4 0 20 0 1 <br /> Hairy Grama Bouteloua hirsuta BOH12 4 0 15 0 1 <br /> Prairie Junegrass Koeleria macrantha KOMA 4 0 10 0 1 <br /> Plains Muhly Muhlenbergia cuspidata MUCUS 4 0 20 0 1 <br /> Sedge Carex sp. CAREX 4 0 40 0 2 <br /> Forbs and Legumes 5 30 180 2 10 <br /> Annual Buckwheat Eriogonum annuum ERAN4 5 0 10 0 0.5 <br /> Bracted Blazingstar Mentzelia nuda MENU 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Broadbeard Beardtongue Penstemon angustifolius PEAN4 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Carolina Larkspur Delphinium carolinianum ssp.virescens DACAV2 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Cuman Ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya AMPS 5 5 15 0.25 1 <br /> Dotted Blazing Star Liatris punctata LIPU 5 5 15 0.25 1 <br /> Evening Primrose Oenothera sp. OENOT 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> False Boneset Brickellia eupatorioides BREU 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Hairy False Goldenaster Heterotheca villosa HEVI4 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Lemon Scurfpea Psoralidium lanceolatum PSLA3 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Prairie Spiderwort Tradescantia occidentalis TROC 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Rush Skelatonplant Lygodesmia juncea LYJU 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Scarlet Beeblossom Oenothera suffrutescens OESU3 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Scarlet Globemallow Sphaeralcea coccinea SPCO 5 5 15 0.25 1 <br /> Shaggy Dwarf Morning-glory Evolvulus nuttallianus EVNU 5 0 5 0 1 <br /> Silky Prairie Clover Dalea villosa DAVI 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Slimflower Scurfpea Psoralidium tenuiflorum PSTES 5 5 15 1 1 <br /> Tarragon Artemisia dracunculus ARDR4 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Texas Croton Croton texensis CRTE 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Upright Prairie Coneflower Ratibida columnifera RAC03 5 5 15 0.25 1 <br /> Western Yarrow Achillea millefolium var.occidentalis ACMIO 5 5 15 0.25 1 <br /> White Heath Aster Symphyotrichum ericoides SYERE 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> White Sagebrush Artemisia ludoviciana ARLU 5 5 15 0.25 1 <br /> Winged Buckwheat Eriogonum alatum ERAL4 5 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Shrubs 6 20 90 1 5 <br /> American Plum Prunus americana PRAM 6 0 25 0 1 <br /> Fourwing Saltbush Atriplex canescens ATCA2 6 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Leadplant Amorpha canescens AMCA6 6 5 15 0.25 1 <br /> Plains Pricklypear Opuntia polyacantha OPPO 6 0 15 0 1 <br /> Prairie Rose Rosa arkansana ROARS 6 0 5 0 0.25 <br /> Page 47 <br /> Section II <br /> NRCS-April 2020 <br />