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  • Herbaceous vegatation is represented by species of Aristida, Peganum, Agropyron, Anisantha, Eremopyrum.

    Caspian lowland desert 2008

  • At the lowest elevations in the eastern region there is a parkland of scattered ponderosa pine (P. ponderosa) in a matrix of bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spp.) and sagebrush (Atremesia tridentata) grasslands.

    Cascade Mountains leeward forests 2008

  • Artemisia arenaria and Agropyron fragile predominate on small sandy massifs.

    Kazakh semi-desert 2008

  • The dominant vegetation type of this ecoregion varies somewhat, but consists mainly of wheatgrass (Agropyron spp.) and fescue (Festuca spp.).

    Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands 2008

  • In Canada, the grassland community is dominated by rough fescue, with lesser quantities of Parry oat grass, June grass (Koelaria sp.) and wheatgrass (Agropyron spp.).

    Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands 2008

  • The dominant vegetation in the ecoregion is sagebrush (Artemisia spp.), often associated with various wheatgrasses (Agropyron spp.) or fescue (Festuca spp.).

    Wyoming Basin shrub steppe 2008

  • Helictotrichon pubescens, Dactylis glomerata, Agropyron tianschanicum, and Poa nemoralis and the forbs Solidago virga-aurea, Mulgedium azureum, Doronicum altaicum, Senecio soongoricus, Crepis sibirica, Aegopodium alpestre, and Cerastium dahuricum.

    Tian Shan montane conifer forests 2008

  • The dominant grass communities include grama (Bouteloua spp.) - needlegrass (Stipa spp.) and wheatgrass (Agropyron spp.), and wheatgrass-needlegrass.

    Northern short grasslands 2008

  • Valley bottoms contain ponderosa pine (P. ponderosa) with bluebunch wheatgrass (Agropyron spp.), blue grass, June-grass (Koelaria spp.) and sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata).

    Okanagan dry forests 2008

  • Typical for sandy soils are psammophitic semi-shrubs such as Ceratoides papposa, Artemisia terrae albae, var. massagetovii, A. santolina, and A. songarica, and shrubs such as Calligonum aphyllum, Ephedra lomatolepis and psammophitic grasses (Agropyron fragile).

    Central Asian northern desert 2008

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