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Deschampsia caespitosa - Polygonum bistortoides Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Deschampsia caespitosa - Polygonum bistortoides Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association is known from the vicinity of Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, and elsewhere in the Sierra Nevada. It occupies wet and moist meadows, streamsides, and lake margins in the montane and subalpine zone of the Sierra Nevada. This perennial bunchgrass vegetation is variable depending on the elevation. It usually forms a dense cover from 60-90% dominated by <i>Deschampsia caespitosa</i> with forbs including <i>Senecio scorzonella, Solidago multiradiata, Lupinus lepidus, Achillea millefolium, Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum, Polygonum bistortoides, Trifolium monanthum</i>, and <i>Potentilla drummondii</i>. The most frequent graminoid associates include <i>Calamagrostis breweri, Phleum alpinum, Poa fendleriana, Carex luzulifolia, Trisetum wolfii, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Phleum alpinum, Carex scopulorum, Juncus mexicanus, Muhlenbergia richardsonis, Calamagrostis breweri</i>, and/or <i>Trisetum spicatum</i>. <i>Polygonum bistortoides</i> is the only species other than <i>Deschampsia</i> that occurs on all of the plots sampled at Yosemite National Park. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33823.CEGL003485
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: Provisional
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
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  Translated: Tufted Hairgrass - American Bistort Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Deschampsia caespitosa - Polygonum bistortoides Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL003485