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Carex spp. - (Carex pellita, Carex vulpinoidea) Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Carex spp. - (Carex pellita, Carex vulpinoidea) Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This sedge wet meadow type is found in the central midwestern United States. Stands occur on nearly level floodplains, often in bands surrounding channels, or in basins. Soils are poorly drained silty and clay loams formed in alluvium. Stands are flooded for much of the growing season, but may dry out in late summer. The vegetation cover is quite dense and may be patchy. The structure is dominated by graminoids 0.5-1.5 m tall. Typical species include Carex cristatella, Carex molesta, Carex pellita (= Carex lanuginosa), Carex stipata, Carex tribuloides, and Carex vulpinoidea (a dominant in southeast Nebraska meadows). Other frequent emergent graminoids include Eleocharis spp., Juncus interior, Juncus torreyi and Scirpus atrovirens. Leersia oryzoides may be common where the stand borders a marsh. Forbs are common and may be conspicuous. Among the more common are Apocynum cannabinum, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (= Aster lanceolatus), Lycopus americanus, Lythrum alatum, and Verbena hastata. Phalaris arundinacea may invade this community to the point of excluding many of the native species.  Accession Code: VB.CC.19286.CAREXSPPCAREXPE Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 24-Mar-2000 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Carex pellita Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Sedge species - (Woolly Sedge, Fox Sedge) Herbaceous Vegetation   Common: Central Midwest Sedge Meadow   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683779 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL005272   Scientific: Carex spp. - (Carex pellita, Carex vulpinoidea) Herbaceous Vegetation (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Carex spp. - (Carex pellita, Carex vulpinoidea) Herbaceous Vegetation