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Carex scopulorum Wet Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Carex scopulorum Wet Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: Habitat is depressions and seepy alluvial fans in subalpine heath. Stands of this association occur in transitional areas between the slightly wetter ~<i>Carex nigricans</i> Wet Meadow (CEGL001816)$$ and slightly drier associations of <i>Carex spectabilis</i> and upland <i>Phyllodoce</i> heath, and intergrade with both. Stands on alluvial fans occur below springs and seeps and may be laced with rivulets and or irrigated by sheetflow. Trees are absent. Shrubs are sparse, <i>Salix commutata</i> being the most abundant in 25% of the plots, but with a very low cover. <i>Carex scopulorum</i> is the primary herbaceous species with an average cover of 49% and ranging from 10-90%. Other species with significant patches include <i>Deschampsia cespitosa, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Muhlenbergia filiformis, Eleocharis palustris</i>, and <i>Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis</i>. The other 40 species occur at low constancy and cover and are mostly wetland taxa indicative of perennial saturation. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30731-{FF5207A3-5F10-4C65-9D7E-663C968A044E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 2
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 11-Jun-2006 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683940 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001822
  Translated: Mountain Sedge Wet Meadow
  Scientific: Carex scopulorum Wet Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001822
(similar) Carex scopulorum Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Carex scopulorum Herbaceous Vegetation