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Alnus incana / Carex scopulorum var. prionophylla Wet Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Alnus incana / Carex scopulorum var. prionophylla Wet Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This minor, linear wetland appears around 1220 m (4000 feet) elevation in broad, low-gradient valleys with small meandering, incised channels in northeastern Washington. It is restricted to organic soils with a shallow water table. <i>Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia</i> thickets typically with more than 50% cover appear with only a few other tall shrubs, such as <i>Salix drummondiana</i>. Conifers (<i>Abies lasiocarpa</i> or <i>Picea engelmannii</i>) are often present but never with cover exceeding 5%. <i>Carex scopulorum var. prionophylla</i> dominates or codominates with <i>Calamagrostis canadensis</i>. Few other species are present, although <i>Senecio triangularis</i> usually occurs. The high cover of <i>Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia</i> and <i>Carex scopulorum var. prionophylla</i> with few other shrubs distinguishes this from other <i>Alnus incana</i> types. This may be the wettest of all <i>Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia</i> types. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29031-{96D5D2E2-8874-4E82-BF88-219A0DB303E2}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 16-Oct-2002 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687161 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000122
  Translated: Gray Alder / Fire-thread Sedge Wet Shrubland
  Scientific: Alnus incana / Carex scopulorum var. prionophylla Wet Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL000122
(similar) Alnus incana / Carex scopulorum var. prionophylla Shrubland
(similar) Alnus incana / Carex scopulorum var. prionophylla Shrubland