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A.1649 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1649
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance occurs in alpine areas in the Cascade Mountains of Washington. Elevations range from 1890-2165 m. This vegetation forms a turf on flat to steep, typically southwest- to northwest-facing slopes. Sites are mesic early in the growing season, then dry out in late summer. Soils are poorly drained and derived from andesite parent material. Stands have a moderately dense to dense herbaceous layer that forms the best alpine turf on Mount Rainier. They are codominated by the perennial forb ~Pedicularis contorta$ and the perennial graminoid ~Carex spectabilis$, but there is high consistency of other species such as ~Arenaria capillaris, Oreostemma alpigenum (= Aster alpigenus), Artemisia furcata var. furcata (= Artemisia trifurcata), Carex phaeocephala, Erigeron aureus, Lupinus sellulus var. lobbii, Penstemon procerus, Phlox diffusa$, and ~Veronica cusickii$. Moss and lichen are also present in small amounts. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1404.A1649
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.B.2.N.b
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: PEDICULARIS CONTORTA HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1649
  Common: White Coil-beak Lousewort Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pedicularis contorta Herbaceous Alliance