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A.1278 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1278
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes montane grasslands strongly dominated by ~Carex pensylvanica$. In the Southern Blue Ridge these grasslands are ungrazed grass balds with deep soil. Associated species include ~Rumex acetosella$ (exotic), ~Carex debilis, Polytrichum commune, Helenium autumnale, Danthonia compressa, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata, Fragaria virginiana, Ageratina altissima var. roanensis, Angelica triquinata, Oclemena acuminata (= Aster acuminatus), Bromus pubescens$, and ~Dennstaedtia punctilobula$. These grasslands typically occur over 1220 m (4000 feet) elevation in the Southern Blue Ridge. In the Central Appalachians, these communities are found on acid shale. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1046.A1278
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: V.A.5.N.e
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: CAREX PENSYLVANICA HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1278
  Common: Pennsylvania Sedge Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Carex pensylvanica Herbaceous Alliance