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Trichophorum caespitosum - Osmunda cinnamomea - Carex barrattii - Carex buxbaumii Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Trichophorum caespitosum - Osmunda cinnamomea - Carex barrattii - Carex buxbaumii Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community occurs in seasonally saturated to ponded areas at the base of sheer, north-facing granitic dome cliffs. The community is dominated by Trichophorum caespitosum (= Scirpus cespitosus), Osmunda cinnamomea, Carex barrattii, Carex buxbaumii, Carex debilis, Calamagrostis coarctata, Coreopsis major, Dulichium arundinaceum, Krigia montana, Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis, Sanguisorba canadensis, Saxifraga michauxii, and Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis. This community occurs at the base of 300-m high cliffs and consists of ponds up to 30 cm deep and seasonally saturated adjoining areas. The community is maintained by seepage, rock fall, and especially the fall of ice slabs. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.27232.TRICHOPHORUMCAE
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 06-Aug-1998 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Deerhair Bulrush - Cinnamon Fern - Barratt's Sedge - Brown Bog Sedge Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688801 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Scientific: Trichophorum caespitosum - Osmunda cinnamomea - Carex barrattii - Carex buxbaumii Herbaceous Vegetation
  Common: Cliff Base Ice Pond Seep
  Code: CEGL007723
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Trichophorum caespitosum - Osmunda cinnamomea - Carex barrattii - Carex buxbaumii Herbaceous Vegetation