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Leucopoa kingii - Carex elynoides Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Leucopoa kingii - Carex elynoides Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This plant association occurs on broad, gentle alpine ridges of the Challis Volcanics and Beaverhead Mountains ecoregional sections in east-central Idaho. It occurs on gentle to moderately steep, convex, southwest- to north-facing ridgetops. Sites are on windward exposures at 3020-3170 m (9900-10,400 feet) elevation. Shallow to moderately deep gravelly soils are derived from limestone. <i>Leucopoa kingii</i> and <i>Carex elynoides</i> are codominant and form a dense, low-growing, fibrous-rooted turf. Associated species occur with low cover, but high constancy, including <i>Poa fendleriana, Poa secunda, Agoseris glauca, Potentilla ovina, Oxytropis sericea</i>, and <i>Erigeron compositus</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30820-{9EF31670-7607-487A-8BD5-52901EA989F9}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685449 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001911
  Translated: Spike Fescue - Blackroot Sedge Grassland
  Scientific: Leucopoa kingii - Carex elynoides Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001911
(similar) Leucopoa kingii - Carex elynoides Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Leucopoa kingii - Carex elynoides Herbaceous Vegetation