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Name: Carex torta Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This alliance includes sedge-dominated alluvial wetlands on sand, gravel, and rock bars in valleys and gorges in the southern Appalachians, ranging west into the Cumberland Plateau and Interior Low Plateau, and north into central Appalachians and Allegheny Mountains. Associations in this alliance are characterized by light-demanding, tough-rooted herbaceous perennials tolerant of frequent inundation and flood-scouring. Carex torta often forms dense, extensive colonies. Associated species vary with geography. In the Allegheny Mountains, associated species include Doellingeria umbellata (= Aster umbellatus), Dichanthelium clandestinum, Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera, Juncus effusus var. solutus, Scirpus expansus, Scirpus cyperinus (= var. pelius), Equisetum arvense, Onoclea sensibilis, Vernonia noveboracensis, Lycopus virginicus, Scutellaria lateriflora, and Salix sericea. In southern Appalachian gorges this vegetation often is associated with Alnus serrulata - Xanthorhiza simplicissima Shrubland (CEGL003895). In the Cumberland Plateau of Alabama, herbaceous components may include Lobelia cardinalis, Symphyotrichum dumosum (= Aster dumosus), Lycopus virginicus, Osmunda regalis, and Hypericum mutilum. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.19047.CAREXTORTATEMPO
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Carex torta Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
  Translated: Twisted Sedge Temporarily Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.126392 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.1340