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Carex spp. Saturated Herbaceous Alliance | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Carex spp. Saturated Herbaceous Alliance
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This alliance, found in the glaciated north-central United States, is composed of wet, sedge-dominated communities with rich fen characteristics. Open to dense graminoids less than 1 m tall comprise the majority of the vegetation. Currently, the floristic relations between these fens are not well understood, and diagnostic species have not been identified. Andropogon gerardii, Carex lasiocarpa, Carex sterilis, Carex prairea, Cladium mariscoides, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Lobelia kalmii, Rhynchospora capillacea, Oligoneuron ohioense (= Solidago ohioensis), Schoenoplectus americanus (= Scirpus americanus), and Triglochin maritima are all abundant in parts of the alliance. Trees are rare, but shrubs occur in some stands. Among these Betula pumila, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda), and Salix spp. are frequent. This alliance is found near calcareous seeps and springs. Most sites are on flat to gently sloping ground and occur over coarse-textured glacial deposits. Peat often develops. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22495.CAREXSPPSATURAT
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 spp. Saturated Herbaceous Alliance
  Translated: Sedge species Saturated Herbaceous Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.124764 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.1455