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A.1898 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1898
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes high-elevation, herb-dominated seepage slopes of the southern Blue Ridge. This alliance is currently defined for North Carolina and Tennessee but may extend into Virginia. Associations in this alliance are perennial wetlands on pronounced slopes at elevations over 5000 feet. The vegetation is graminoid-dominated and has coverage by ~Sphagnum$ sp. These seeps are open, although trees and shrubs can be present, particularly around the seep margins. Associations in this alliance are surrounded by, or were formerly surrounded by, forests dominated by ~Abies fraseri$ and ~Picea rubens$ or by the highest northern hardwood forests (forests dominated by ~Fagus grandifolia, Betula alleghaniensis$, and ~Aesculus flava$). They are influenced by the high rainfall and low evaporation rates in these high mountain landscapes. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1597.A1898
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 23-Feb-1999 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 RUTHII - CAREX GYNANDRA SATURATED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1898
  Common: Ruth's Sedge - Mountain Fringed Sedge Saturated Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Carex ruthii - Carex gynandra Saturated Herbaceous Alliance