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A.1760 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1760
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Vegetation included in this alliance has been described from shallow montane and subalpine ponds in the mountains of Colorado. Elevations range from 2700-3170 m. This hydromorphic-rooted vegetation occurs in shallow water (usually less than 0.6 m deep), and is restricted to near the shoreline of deeper ponds. Stands grow equally well on either gravelly or muddy bottoms. The ponds are often located in mountain parks or meadows and are the result of stream oxbows or glacial basins. Salinity of water varies with the different parent materials. These communities are characterized by moderately dense mats of the hydromorphic-rooted plant ~Sparganium angustifolium$. These vegetation mats are rarely over 0.6 m thick and may be much less depending on the depth of the pond. Stunted individuals may be less than 10 cm tall. Vegetation on adjacent mud flats and shorelines is dominated by shrub or herbaceous wetland plants like ~Eleocharis acicularis, Ranunculus trichophyllus var. trichophyllus, Callitriche palustris$, or species of ~Carex, Juncus$ or ~Salix$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1496.A1760
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.C.2.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: SPARGANIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM PERMANENTLY FLOODED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Common: Greenfruit Bur-reed Permanently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
  Code: A.1760
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Sparganium angustifolium Permanently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance