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Carex spectabilis - Polygonum bistortoides Alpine Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Carex spectabilis - Polygonum bistortoides Alpine Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association occurs in the Cascade Range and Olympic Mountains of Washington and may occur in British Columbia. The vegetation is usually a lush meadow dominated or codominated by <i>Carex spectabilis</i>. <i>Polygonum bistortoides</i> and <i>Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus</i> and/or <i>Lupinus latifolius</i> are usually present to prominent. <i>Erigeron peregrinus, Luetkea pectinata</i>, and <i>Valeriana sitchensis</i> are often present but always less abundant than <i>Carex spectabilis</i>. Many other species can occur, but are rarely more than prominent. This subalpine meadow occurs between 1030-2060 m (3400-6750 feet) elevation on well-drained, somewhat moist soils. It occasionally appears in avalanche chutes where trees and other woody species are periodically removed. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30737-{BABF7437-65C0-46F6-948A-AE65D10CC73A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 10-May-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689423 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001828
  Translated: Showy Sedge - American Bistort Alpine Meadow
  Scientific: Carex spectabilis - Polygonum bistortoides Alpine Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Carex spectabilis - Polygonum bistortoides Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) CEGL001828
(similar) Carex spectabilis - Polygonum bistortoides Herbaceous Vegetation