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Carex tetanica - Carex prairea - Eleocharis erythropoda - Lysimachia quadriflora Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Carex tetanica - Carex prairea - Eleocharis erythropoda - Lysimachia quadriflora Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This calcareous, herbaceous community is currently documented from three sites in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The type occurs in saturated areas on level alluvium with somewhat poorly to poorly drained soils. Vegetation is a graminoid-dominated wetland with <1% cover of woody plants in high-quality stands. Key species include <i>Carex tetanica, Carex prairea, Carex interior, Carex suberecta, Carex emoryi, Eleocharis erythropoda, Hierochloe odorata (= ssp. odorata), Lysimachia quadriflora, Pycnanthemum virginianum</i>, and <i>Juncus balticus var. littoralis</i>. A similar type may also occur in the midwestern United States. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31080.CEGL006170
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687910 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Shenandoah Valley Wet Prairie
  Translated: Rigid Sedge - Prairie Sedge - Bald Spikerush - Four-flower Yellow Loosestrife Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Carex tetanica - Carex prairea - Eleocharis erythropoda - Lysimachia quadriflora Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL006170