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Schoenoplectus americanus - Carex spp. Marsh | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Schoenoplectus americanus - Carex spp. Marsh
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This wetland herbaceous association is found in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains of Colorado and Oklahoma. This description is based on information from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. This association is located in swales and floodplains of basins surrounded by sand dunes at 2335 m elevation. Surveyed sites are most often semipermanently to temporarily flooded. Soils are poorly drained sandy loams or very poorly drained muck. Ground cover is dominated by either litter and duff (68%) or bare soil (75%). The surveyed areas experience heavy use by bison, elk, and deer. Herbaceous vegetation is dominated by <i>Schoenoplectus americanus</i> with 20-40% cover. <i>Iris missouriensis</i> can be a codominant, but does not occur in every surveyed stand. Additionally, <i>Carex praegracilis</i> can occur at high cover levels, but does not have a consistent dominant presence. Other commonly occurring species that can have variable percent covers, ranging from 10-20%, include <i>Carex utriculata, Argentina anserina</i>, and <i>Hordeum jubatum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32988-{A423ECC5-5517-4BFF-9EC0-0EC9DC38D2E7}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 07-May-2010 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688014 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004144
  Translated: Chairmaker's Bulrush - Sedge species Marsh
  Scientific: Schoenoplectus americanus - Carex spp. Marsh
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004144
(similar) Schoenoplectus americanus - Carex spp. Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Schoenoplectus americanus - Carex spp. Herbaceous Vegetation