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A.1340 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1340
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes sedge-dominated alluvial wetlands on sand, gravel, and rock bars in valleys and gorges in the southern Appalachians, ranging west into the Cumberland Plateau and Interior Low Plateau, and north into central Appalachians and Allegheny Mountains. Associations in this alliance are characterized by light-demanding, tough-rooted herbaceous perennials tolerant of frequent inundation and flood-scouring. ~Carex torta$ often forms dense, extensive colonies. Associated species vary with geography. In the Allegheny Mountains, associated species include ~Doellingeria umbellata (= Aster umbellatus), Dichanthelium clandestinum, Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera, Juncus effusus var. solutus, Scirpus expansus, Scirpus cyperinus (= var. pelius), Equisetum arvense, Onoclea sensibilis, Vernonia noveboracensis, Lycopus virginicus, Scutellaria lateriflora$, and ~Salix sericea$. In southern Appalachian gorges this vegetation often is associated with ~~Alnus serrulata - Xanthorhiza simplicissima$ Shrubland (CEGL003895)$$. In the Cumberland Plateau of Alabama, herbaceous components may include ~Lobelia cardinalis, Symphyotrichum dumosum (= Aster dumosus), Lycopus virginicus, Osmunda regalis$, and ~Hypericum mutilum$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1114.A1340
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.j
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: CAREX TORTA TEMPORARILY FLOODED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1340
  Common: Twisted Sedge Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Carex torta Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance