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Carex bigelowii - Juncus trifidus Herbaceous Alliance | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Carex bigelowii - Juncus trifidus Herbaceous Alliance Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of... Description: This alliance includes alpine meadows above timberline dominated by Carex bigelowii and/or Juncus trifidus. Associated species include Minuartia groenlandica, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata (= Potentilla tridentata) and Vaccinium vitis-idaea. Soils are typically thin, acidic and have a low moisture-holding capacity. Low temperatures, heavy fog and high winds result in a unusually severe climate. Alpine areas in this region have greater floristic affinities with arctic areas in Canada, Alaska and Greenland than with alpine areas of the western United States. See Bliss (1963) for discussion and for description of vegetation of this alliance occurring in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Communities in this alliance are apparently restricted to alpine areas of New York, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.  Accession Code: VB.CC.25073.CAREXBIGELOWIIJ 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 bigelowii - Juncus trifidus Herbaceous Alliance   Translated: Bigelow's Sedge - Highland Rush Herbaceous Alliance   UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125837 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A.1295