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A.1470 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1470
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Vegetation in this alliance occurs in marshy depressions or calcareous fens in the subalpine and alpine areas of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and western Montana. Types are locally abundant but considered rare. Sites typically range in elevations from 3000-3600 m. Stands are found in depressions with saturated soils, typically on the eastern slope. Sites do dry out in the summer. Soils are calcareous, derived from fine limestone gravel and sand. Vegetation within this alliance is classified as seasonally flooded, temperate or subpolar grasslands. ~Carex microglochin$ dominates the graminoid layer. Other graminoids can include ~Juncus triglumis$ and ~Juncus castaneus$. ~Polygonum viviparum (= Bistorta vivipara), Gentiana algida$, and ~Rhodiola integrifolia$ are typically found in the forb layer. Adjacent community information is not available. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1243.A1470
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: CAREX MICROGLOCHIN SATURATED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1470
  Common: False Uncinia Sedge Saturated Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Carex microglochin Saturated Herbaceous Alliance