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Festuca viridula - Carex hoodii Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Festuca viridula - Carex hoodii Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This grassland association is known from northeastern Oregon, be may also occur in Washington, northern California and adjacent Idaho. <i>Festuca viridula</i> dominates high-elevation areas in the Wallowa Mountains of northeastern Oregon and the northern Cascade Range. On moist sites along ridgetops, seepy sideslopes and interforest meadows, <i>Festuca viridula</i> forms a unique community with <i>Carex hoodii</i>. These are tall, dense, productive montane grasslands. Stands are found from 1800 to 2410 m (5900-7900 feet) elevation, generally plateaus or ridgetops with slopes from 10-30%. Soils are formed from weathered basalt and are generally fairly shallow (76 cm) and stony. <i>Festuca viridula</i> dominates these grasslands with over 20% cover in fair condition stands, and even greater cover in good condition stands. <i>Carex hoodii</i> is codominant, ranging from 3-30% cover, and averaging 15%. Other graminoids include <i>Poa cusickii, Achnatherum occidentale</i>, and <i>Elymus elymoides</i>. Important forbs include <i>Eriogonum heracleoides, Lupinus argenteus var. laxiflorus, Penstemon globosus, Microseris nutans</i>, and <i>Lupinus caudatus</i>. In early seral stands, <i>Achillea millefolium, Rudbeckia occidentalis</i>, and <i>Hackelia micrantha</i> can provide significant cover. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30505-{9B34B79C-748B-4B79-B6BE-8352E5F82B60}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687954 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001596
  Translated: Greenleaf Fescue - Hood's Sedge Meadow
  Scientific: Festuca viridula - Carex hoodii Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001596
(similar) Festuca viridula - Carex hoodii Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Festuca viridula - Carex hoodii Herbaceous Vegetation