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Carex spp. - (Carex pellita, Carex vulpinoidea) Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Carex spp. - (Carex pellita, Carex vulpinoidea) Herbaceous Vegetation
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Description: This sedge wet meadow type is found in the central midwestern United States. Stands occur on nearly level floodplains, often in bands surrounding channels, or in basins. Soils are poorly drained silty and clay loams formed in alluvium. Stands are flooded for much of the growing season, but may dry out in late summer. The vegetation cover is quite dense and may be patchy. The structure is dominated by graminoids 0.5-1.5 m tall. Typical species include <i>Carex cristatella, Carex molesta, Carex pellita (= Carex lanuginosa), Carex stipata, Carex tribuloides</i>, and <i>Carex vulpinoidea</i> (a dominant in southeast Nebraska meadows). Other frequent emergent graminoids include <i>Eleocharis</i> spp., <i>Juncus interior, Juncus torreyi</i> and <i>Scirpus atrovirens</i>. <i>Leersia oryzoides</i> may be common where the stand borders a marsh. Forbs are common and may be conspicuous. Among the more common are <i>Apocynum cannabinum, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (= Aster lanceolatus), Lycopus americanus, Lythrum alatum</i>, and <i>Verbena hastata</i>. <i>Phalaris arundinacea</i> may invade this community to the point of excluding many of the native species. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37067.CEGL005272
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:   Common: Central Midwest Sedge Meadow
  Translated: Sedge species - (Woolly Sedge, Fox Sedge) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Carex spp. - (Carex pellita, Carex vulpinoidea) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL005272
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683779 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo