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Carex scopulorum - Caltha leptosepala Wet Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Carex scopulorum - Caltha leptosepala Wet Meadow Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This Rocky Mountain alpine to subalpine association occurs in wet meadows and fens. Stands occur on level to gently sloping marshy areas adjacent to streams or melting snow fields, often at the headwaters of creeks. Stream channels are moderately steep (Rosgen's Channel Type: B3). Soils are saturated and generally poorly drained. Organic content varies from a thin layer to 15 cm of peat and duff, and may overlie a meter of muck. Soil textures range from clay to sandy clay loam to loam with mottles present near the surface to Histic Epipedons overlying clay loam. Parent materials are typically alluvium. Vegetation is characterized by a moderately dense to dense herbaceous cover strongly dominated by <i>Carex scopulorum</i> and codominated by <i>Caltha leptosepala</i>. A few other graminoids that can be abundant, but are not consistently present in all stands, include <i>Agrostis humilis, Carex aquatilis, Carex illota, Carex jonesii, Carex nigricans, Carex vernacula, Deschampsia cespitosa</i>, and <i>Eleocharis quinqueflora</i> with 0-30% cover. If present, <i>Elymus trachycaulus</i> has low cover. Other common forbs include <i>Epilobium hornemannii, Ligusticum filicinum, Saxifraga odontoloma, Packera dimorphophylla, Pedicularis groenlandica, Polygonum bistortoides</i>, and <i>Rhodiola rhodantha</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30732-{59EE07A5-ED5E-4278-9AD4-BBEAF2659B2E} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 7
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 05-Jan-2005 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Carex praegracilis - Carex scopulorum - Eleocharis quinqueflora Wet Meadow Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684872 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL001823   Translated: Mountain Sedge - White Marsh-marigold Wet Meadow   Scientific: Carex scopulorum - Caltha leptosepala Wet Meadow (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Carex scopulorum - Caltha leptosepala Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) CEGL001823 (similar) Carex scopulorum - Caltha leptosepala Herbaceous Vegetation