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Carex ruthii - Carex gynandra Saturated Herbaceous Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Carex ruthii - Carex gynandra Saturated Herbaceous Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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.20913.CAREXRUTHIICARE
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 23-Feb-1999 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Carex ruthii - Carex gynandra Saturated Herbaceous Alliance
  Translated: Ruth's Sedge - Mountain Fringed Sedge Saturated Herbaceous Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.126332 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.1898