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Carex vesicaria Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Carex vesicaria Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This alliance is found in several western states and is likely more widespread in the western U.S. Stands commonly occur as wet meadow communities that are found around the edges of montane lakes and beaver ponds, along the margins of slow-moving reaches of streams and rivers, and in marshy swales and overflow channels on broad floodplains. Stands are either adjacent to low-gradient streams in wide valley bottoms or associated with perennial seeps and may occur in subalpine environments. They can occur in standing water or on sites that become relatively dry during the later part of the growing season. Many sites are located where beaver ponds have filled with sediment. The vegetation is characterized by the dominance of Carex vesicaria, with 20-98% cover. Other graminoids can be present and can be codominant. Juncus balticus, Deschampsia caespitosa, Carex nebrascensis, Carex utriculata, Eleocharis palustris, and Glyceria spp. are some of the more common associated species. Forbs can include species of Epilobium, Galium trifidum, Camassia quamash, Symphyotrichum foliaceum (= Aster foliaceus), Equisetum arvense, and Mentha arvensis. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.27267.CAREXVESICARIAS
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Dec-1998 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Carex vesicaria Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
  Translated: Inflated Sedge Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125134 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.2501