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Salix farriae / Eleocharis quinqueflora Shrub Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Salix farriae / Eleocharis quinqueflora Shrub Fen
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This infrequent bog and poor fen association appears between 579-1525 m (1900-5000 feet) in northeastern Washington and the northernmost East Cascades. It is associated with very low-gradient streams and lakes in very broad, very low-gradient valleys. This bog association has deep moss-peat soils that usually remain saturated throughout the growing season and with little surface water exposed. These are anaerobic soils with poor nutrients, and they are much warmer than other low willow associations in the region. This association has low vascular species diversity and, as sampled in Washington, no species appears in all plots. The species that appear in over half the samples are: the less than 2-m tall willow <i>Salix farriae</i>, the forb <i>Comarum palustre</i>, the graminoids <i>Carex utriculata, Carex limosa</i>, and <i>Eleocharis quinqueflora</i>, and seedlings of <i>Picea engelmannii</i>. Species that occur in 33% of plots are <i>Salix planifolia ssp. planifolia, Betula glandulosa, Viola macloskeyi, Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex diandra</i>, and <i>Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. angustifolium</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29138-{116882AC-2B68-44B9-87F0-88EF899ED306}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Oct-2002 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688281 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000229
  Translated: Farr's Willow / Few-flower Spikerush Shrub Fen
  Scientific: Salix farriae / Eleocharis quinqueflora Shrub Fen
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL000229
(similar) Salix farriae / Eleocharis quinqueflora Saturated Shrubland
(similar) Salix farriae / Eleocharis quinqueflora Saturated Shrubland