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A.1414 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1414
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Vegetation types within this seasonally flooded grassland alliance occur in wet meadows, basins, and sometimes shallow standing water. They are found from the plains (<300 m) and lowlands (1050 m) to moderate (2700 m) elevations in the mountains in low-gradient, trough-shaped, moderately wide valleys with gentle to moderately steep sideslopes. Stands occur in depressions and swales at the saturated edge of stream channels or in standing water. Sites are poorly drained, often flooded during spring runoff, and water levels normally remain in the rooting zone throughout the growing season. Soils are variable, but most commonly mineral with large amounts of organic matter or, more rarely, with thick accumulations of partially decomposed sedges. Streambanks have alluvial soils composed of sand, silt, and clay deposits. This alliance is often characterized by a nearly monotypic cover of 40-90% ~Carex pellita (= Carex lanuginosa)$. Other graminoid cover is minor, but includes ~Carex microptera, Phalaris arundinacea, Calamagrostis stricta, Carex nebrascensis, Juncus balticus, Scirpus microcarpus, Schoenoplectus acutus (= Scirpus acutus)$, and ~Schoenoplectus pungens (= Scirpus pungens)$. Scattered forbs include ~Geum macrophyllum, Mentha arvensis, Prunella vulgaris$, and ~Potentilla gracilis$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1189.A1414
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.k
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: CAREX PELLITA SEASONALLY FLOODED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Common: Woolly Sedge Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
  Code: A.1414
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Carex pellita Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance