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A.1286 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1286
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Vegetation types within this alliance are common and very widely distributed on dry, often alkaline, open plains, foothills, and lower mountains. Elevations range from 1350-2250 m (occasionally to 3300 m). One association described for this alliance occurs on alluvial fill in valley meadow systems in northwestern Nevada. This type is located on the dry fringes of meadows. Soils are loamy and often disturbed. Vegetation types within this alliance are classified as short sod, temperate or subpolar grasslands. They are dominated by ~Carex douglasii$ with at least 62% cover. Other associates are ~Carex nebrascensis, Astragalus agrestis$, and ~Sisyrinchium idahoense$. No information on adjacent upland communities is available. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1055.A1286
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 DOUGLASII HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1286
  Common: Douglas' Sedge Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Carex douglasii Herbaceous Alliance