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Trichophorum caespitosum - Carex scirpoidea - Carex bigelowii Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Trichophorum caespitosum - Carex scirpoidea - Carex bigelowii Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This herb-dominated alpine vegetation is found in moist and somewhat protected spots above 4700 feet in the northern Appalachians. Constant moisture is provided by nearby streams or late-melting snowbanks. Dwarf-shrubs such as Vaccinium uliginosum are often a component, but the differential species are the graminoids and forbs. Trichophorum caespitosum, Carex scirpoidea, and Carex bigelowii are the characteristic graminoids, and are usually locally dominant. Deschampsia flexuosa and Carex brunnescens are also typical although less abundant. Forbs include species also found at lower elevations, such as Veratrum viride, Solidago macrophylla, Platanthera dilatata, Clintonia borealis, and Campanula rotundifolia; as well as those restricted to higher elevations (at this latitude) such as Polygonum viviparum and Prenanthes boottii. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.19818.TRICHOPHORUMCAE
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 29-Jan-2003 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Deerhair Bulrush - Scirpus-like Sedge - Bigelow's Sedge Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684174 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006424
  Scientific: Trichophorum caespitosum - Carex scirpoidea - Carex bigelowii Herbaceous Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Trichophorum caespitosum - Carex scirpoidea - Carex bigelowii Herbaceous Vegetation