This preliminary classification will focus on native grassland community types containing plains rough fescue and less than 25% shrub cover. Disturbances such as over-grazing, mowing, breaking of...
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This preliminary classification will focus on native grassland community types containing plains rough fescue and less than 25% shrub cover. Disturbances such as over-grazing, mowing, breaking of the soil, etc. can alter the species composition of grasslands, introducing a variety of non-native grasses and forbs and shifting the dominance of native species. Due to the wide array of community types that could result, such disturbed (modified) grasslands have not been included in this classification. Following phase III, which includes the field verification of remnant plains rough fescue grasslands, such modified fescue associations may be described.