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Populus tremuloides / Carex aquatilis Riparian Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Populus tremuloides / Carex aquatilis Riparian Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This is a local wetland forest reported only from northeastern Oregon. It is known from moist, flat basins at moderate elevations in the mountains. Stands have seasonally wet, fine-textured mineral soils with evident mottling in a layer 74 cm (29 inches) below the soil surface. <i>Populus tremuloides</i> is the dominant tree. <i>Picea engelmannii</i> can be a codominant. <i>Pinus contorta</i> may be present with low cover. The understory, which has no shrubs, is dominated by graminoids, with <i>Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis</i> and <i>Calamagrostis canadensis</i> codominant, and <i>Deschampsia cespitosa, Elymus glaucus, Glyceria striata, Carex jonesii, Carex deweyana</i>, and <i>Juncus nevadensis</i> present. Exotics include <i>Phleum pratense</i> and <i>Poa pratensis</i>. Forbs present include <i>Veratrum viride, Pedicularis groenlandica, Symphyotrichum foliaceum, Canadanthus modestus, Senecio serra</i>, and <i>Geum macrophyllum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32324-{612C857D-3692-4F4B-9A11-D90005AC8F7E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 21-Oct-2002 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688327 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003442
  Translated: Quaking Aspen / Water Sedge Riparian Forest
  Scientific: Populus tremuloides / Carex aquatilis Riparian Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Populus tremuloides / Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis Forest
(similar) CEGL003442
(similar) Populus tremuloides / Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis Forest