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Carex buxbaumii Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Carex buxbaumii Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This vegetation has been found in fens and wet meadows in the mountains of Utah, Idaho, Montana, and western Wyoming at elevations 1700-3200 m. Sites are flat and range from moderately broad valley bottoms to forest openings. Size of wetland is dependent on the presence of permanently saturated soils and it often occurs along streams and in the wettest portion of the wetland complex. Soils are mineral from alluvium with accumulations of well-decomposed organic matter throughout the upper soil horizon (20-50 cm deep). Stands have a dense perennial graminoid layer characterized by 25% or more cover of Carex buxbaumii. Carex aquatilis, Carex saxatilis and Carex utriculata are usually present and occasionally codominant. Other common species include Deschampsia caespitosa, Caltha leptosepala, Pedicularis groenlandica, and Ligusticum tenuifolium. Occasional shrubs such as Salix planifolia (= Salix phylicifolia), Vaccinium uliginosum (= Vaccinium occidentale), and Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda) may be scattered in the stand. Adjacent stands are often dominated by sedges such as Carex utriculata and Carex aquatilis. This vegetation is separated from adjacent wetlands by the dominance or codominance of Carex buxbaumii.  Accession Code: VB.CC.25720.CAREXBUXBAUMIIH Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Carex buxbaumii Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689729 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: Brown Bog Sedge Herbaceous Vegetation   Code: CEGL001806   Scientific: Carex buxbaumii Herbaceous Vegetation   Common: Buxbaum's Sedge Wet Meadow (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Carex buxbaumii Herbaceous Vegetation