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Carex aquatilis - Dulichium arundinaceum Herbaceous Vegetation | Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli...
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Name: Carex aquatilis - Dulichium arundinaceum Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli...
Description: This community is known from a single site (Green Pond) at Big Levels in Augusta County, Virginia. Green Pond is a 0.4-hectare (one acre) natural ridge crest depression located at 976 m (3203 feet) elevation on the summit of the Blue Ridge. It is situated where the local, ridge-forming Antietam quartzite has weathered through to the predominantly carbonate Shady Formation. The pond retains shallow water continuously in most years and has a dense substrate of reddish, poorly-decomposed, root-rich peat. The vegetation of Green Pond is a floristically depauperate herbaceous wetland dominated by <i>Carex aquatilis</i> and, to a lesser extent, by <i>Dulichium arundinaceum</i>. The only other species occurring here are <i>Vaccinium macrocarpon, Juncus canadensis, Triadenum virginicum</i>, a few seedlings of <i>Cephalanthus occidentalis</i>, and an unidentified <i>Utricularia</i> sp. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37203.CEGL008542
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: Montane Herbaceous Pond (Aquatic Sedge - Threeway Sedge Type)
  Translated: Water Sedge - Threeway Sedge Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Carex aquatilis - Dulichium arundinaceum Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL008542
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687830 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo