NPP Grassland Site Information, September 2001
                Table 4.  Field Site Species and Vegetation Type
                      in alphabetical order of species name

Site Name          Dominant species                        General vegetation type

Tuva               Agropyron crystatum (C3)                ultra-continental steppe    
Dzhanybek          Agropyron desertorum (C3)               semi-desert steppe
Cottonwood         Agropyron smithii (C3)                  mixed prairie
Dickinson          Agropyron smithii (C3)                  mixed prairie
ALE                Agropyron spicatum (C3)                 US northwest bunchgrass
Matador            Agropyron spp. (C3)                     mixed prairie 
Otradnoe No.1      Alchemilla monticola (C3)               loamy meadow
Otradnoe No.2      Alopecurus pratensis (C3)               sandy meadow
Olokemeji          Andropogon schirensis (C4)              derived savanna
Osage              Andropogon scoparius (C4)               tallgrass prairie
Hays               Andropogon scoparius (C4)               mixed prairie
Konza Prairie      Andropogon scoparius/ gerardii (C4)     tallgrass prairie
Jornada            Bouteloua eriopoda (C4)                 desert grassland
Pantex             Bouteloua gracilis (C4)                 shortgrass prairie
CPER Pawnee        Bouteloua gracilis (C4)                 shortgrass prairie
Salado             Briza subaristata/ many (C3)            humid temperate grassland
Kursk              Bromus riparius (C3)                    meadow steppe
Hardangervidda     Carex nigra (C3)                        wet and dry meadow
Towoomba           Cymbopogon plurinodes (C4)              fine-leaved savanna
Montecillo         Distichlis spicata (C4)                 saline grassland
Nylsvley           Eragrostis pallens (C4)                 broad-leaved savanna
Klong Hoi Khong    Eulalia trispicata (C4)                 humid savanna
Bridger            Festuca idahoensis (C3)                 mountain grassland
Media Luna         Festuca pallescens (C3)                 grassland steppe
Beacon Hill        Festuca rubra (C3)                      chalk grassland
Bison              Festuca scabrella (C3)                  mountain grassland
Tumugi             Filifolium sibiricum and others (C3)    meadow steppe  
Vindhyan           Heteropogon contortus (C4)              derived savanna
Canas              Hyparrhenia rufa (C4)                   derived savanna
Tullgarnsnaset     Juncus gerardi (C3)                     shoreline meadow
Xilingol           Leymus chinense (C3)                    steppe
Lamto              Louditia simplex (C4)                   humid savanna
Pampa de Leman     Nassauvia glomerulosa/ Poa dusenii(C3)  dwarf-shrub steppe
Kurukshetra        Panicum miliare (C4)                    tropical grassland
Badkhyz            Poa bulbosa (C3)                        desert steppe
Tumentsogt         Stipa grandis (C3)                      typical steppe
Khomutov           Stipa lessingiana (C3)                  typical steppe
Rio Mayo           Stipa speciosa (C3)                     steppe
Shortandy          Stipa zalesskyi (C3)                    dry steppe
Nairobi            Themeda triandra (C4)                   grass savanna
Charleville        Thyridolepis mitchelliana (C3)          semi-arid grassland
Calabozo           Trachypogon vestitus (C4)               closed bush island savanna