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Carex buxbaumii Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Carex buxbaumii Fen
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This vegetation has been found in fens and wet meadows in the mountains of Utah, Idaho, Montana, and western Wyoming at elevations 1700-3200 m. Sites are flat and range from moderately broad valley bottoms to forest openings. Size of wetland is dependent on the presence of permanently saturated soils and it often occurs along streams and in the wettest portion of the wetland complex. Soils are mineral from alluvium with accumulations of well-decomposed organic matter throughout the upper soil horizon (20-50 cm deep). Stands have a dense perennial graminoid layer characterized by 25% or more cover of <i>Carex buxbaumii</i>. <i>Carex aquatilis, Carex saxatilis</i> and <i>Carex utriculata</i> are usually present and occasionally codominant. Other common species include <i>Deschampsia cespitosa, Caltha leptosepala, Pedicularis groenlandica</i>, and <i>Ligusticum tenuifolium</i>. Occasional shrubs such as <i>Salix planifolia, Vaccinium uliginosum</i>, and <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda</i> may be scattered in the stand. Adjacent stands are often dominated by sedges such as <i>Carex utriculata</i> and <i>Carex aquatilis</i>. This vegetation is separated from adjacent wetlands by the dominance or codominance of <i>Carex buxbaumii</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30715-{B044479D-5B39-4420-87A5-01613F47EB49}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 03-Feb-2004 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689729 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001806
  Translated: Buxbaum's Sedge Fen
  Common: Buxbaum's Sedge Fen
  Scientific: Carex buxbaumii Fen
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001806
(similar) Carex buxbaumii Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Carex buxbaumii Herbaceous Vegetation