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Carex stricta - Carex spp. Wet Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Carex stricta - Carex spp. Wet Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This wet sedge meadow community is found in the southern Great Lakes region and parts of the central midwestern United States. Sites occur in stream valleys, along lake margins, and in depressions and channels in glacial outwash. Soils include wet mineral soils, muck, or shallow peat (&lt;0.5 m), with the water table below the surface for most of the growing season. The vegetation is dominated by sedges and grasses, but the shrub component can be high as 25%. Dominant plants include <i>Calamagrostis canadensis</i> and <i>Carex stricta</i>. Associated graminoids include <i>Carex aquatilis, Carex pellita, Carex bebbii, Carex lacustris, Eleocharis</i> spp., <i>Juncus</i> spp., <i>Phalaris arundinacea</i> (common in more degraded examples), and <i>Typha latifolia</i>. Typical forbs include <i>Anemone canadensis, Asclepias incarnata, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum, Equisetum arvense, Eutrochium maculatum, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Iris versicolor, Lycopus americanus</i>, and <i>Solidago canadensis</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31167-{E6CE723A-3604-42E9-8292-E1C88EEDD839}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-1998 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687693 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002258
  Translated: Upright Sedge - Sedge species Wet Meadow
  Common: Upright Sedge Wet Meadow
  Scientific: Carex stricta - Carex spp. Wet Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Carex stricta - Carex spp. Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) CEGL002258
(similar) Carex stricta - Carex spp. Herbaceous Vegetation