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Spartina pectinata - Carex spp. - Calamagrostis canadensis Lakeplain Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Spartina pectinata - Carex spp. - Calamagrostis canadensis Lakeplain Herbaceous Vegetation
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Description: This wet lakeland prairie grassland community is found in the southern Great Lakes region of the midwestern United States. Stands occur on level, sandy glacial outwash, sandy glacial lakeplains, and deposits of dune sand in silty/clayey glacial lakeplains. There is often a clay layer below the surface that results in temporary flooding in the winter and spring and drought in the summer and fall. The soil is neutral to somewhat alkaline. Average vegetation height is 1-2 m with little bare ground exposed. The dominant species are graminoids, although forbs and small trees and shrubs are common. <i>Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex aquatilis, Carex pellita (= Carex lanuginosa)</i>, and <i>Spartina pectinata</i> are typical dominants. <i>Andropogon gerardii, Symphyotrichum ericoides (= Aster ericoides), Juncus balticus, Panicum virgatum, Oligoneuron ohioense (= Solidago ohioensis)</i>, and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i> are all common components of this community. The shrubs <i>Cornus sericea</i> and <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda)</i>, and small <i>Fraxinus pennsylvanica</i> and <i>Populus deltoides</i> trees may also be found. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36765.CEGL005109
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Lakeplain Wet Prairie
  Translated: Prairie Cordgrass - Sedge species - Bluejoint Lakeplain Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Spartina pectinata - Carex spp. - Calamagrostis canadensis Lakeplain Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL005109
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685176 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo