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Carex siccata - Geum rossii Alpine Turf | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Carex siccata - Geum rossii Alpine Turf
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This southern Rocky Mountain association is found in upper subalpine and lower alpine environments. Sites are typically dry meadows and alpine turf near treeline, often occurring on stabilized fine talus slopes (5-35%). Snowmelt is relatively early, and sites are relatively dry and warm. Substrates are shallow, well-drained, loamy-skeletal soils. Vegetation is characterized by a moderately dense to dense (&gt;50% cover) herbaceous layer dominated by <i>Carex siccata</i> often with <i>Geum rossii</i> codominant. Other important species with lower cover include graminoids <i>Carex heteroneura var. chalciolepis, Deschampsia cespitosa, Elymus trachycaulus, Festuca idahoensis, Trisetum spicatum</i>, and forbs <i>Achillea millefolium, Artemisia scopulorum, Cerastium arvense, Arenaria fendleri, Poa alpina, Potentilla diversifolia, Solidago simplex var. nana</i>, and <i>Trifolium parryi</i>. Stands often occur in patches between wooded areas. <i>Carex siccata</i> commonly occurs as the herbaceous layer in coniferous associations of <i>Abies lasiocarpa, Pinus contorta</i>, and <i>Picea engelmannii</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30717-{8F97E876-AAE0-47EC-842B-2D2629A259EE}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Dec-2004 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683240 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001808
  Translated: Dry-spike Sedge - Ross' Avens Alpine Turf
  Scientific: Carex siccata - Geum rossii Alpine Turf
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001808
(similar) Carex siccata - Geum rossii Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Carex siccata - Geum rossii Herbaceous Vegetation