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A.1423 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1423
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance forms uniform peatland communities and is found from the plains to upper subalpine and lower alpine in the western U.S. Sites can occur in wet basins, stream terraces, ponds, cirque basins, and marshy meadows associated with seeps. Soils are always organic and wet or saturated throughout the summer. The vegetation is characterized by a moderately dense to dense herbaceous layer that is dominated by ~Eleocharis quinqueflora$. Common codominants are ~Carex scopulorum$ or ~Carex aquatilis$. Other graminoids can include ~Carex buxbaumii, Carex utriculata, Deschampsia caespitosa$, and ~Eleocharis rostellata$. Forb cover is low, but can include ~Caltha leptosepala, Pedicularis groenlandica, Oreostemma alpigenum (= Aster alpigenus), Dodecatheon alpinum$, and~Polygonum bistortoides$. Diagnostic of this herbaceous wetland alliance is the dominance or codominance of ~Eleocharis quinqueflora$ and the presence of surface water for extended periods during the growing season. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1199.A1423
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.m
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ELEOCHARIS (QUINQUEFLORA, ROSTELLATA) SATURATED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1423
  Common: (Few-flower Spikerush, Beaked Spikerush) Saturated Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Eleocharis (quinqueflora, rostellata) Saturated Herbaceous Alliance