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Carex tetanica - Carex prairea - Eleocharis erythropoda - Lysimachia quadriflora Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Carex tetanica - Carex prairea - Eleocharis erythropoda - Lysimachia quadriflora Fen
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This calcareous, herbaceous community is currently documented from three sites in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The type occurs in saturated areas on level alluvium with somewhat poorly to poorly drained soils. Vegetation is a graminoid-dominated wetland with &lt;1% cover of woody plants in high-quality stands. Key species include <i>Carex tetanica, Carex prairea, Carex interior, Carex suberecta, Carex emoryi, Eleocharis erythropoda, Hierochloe odorata, Lysimachia quadriflora, Pycnanthemum virginianum</i>, and <i>Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis</i>. A similar type may also occur in the midwestern United States. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34818-{E41164B4-1916-449E-98AC-01D735D0078F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 9
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 30-Mar-2004 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687910 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006170
  Translated: Rigid Sedge - Prairie Sedge - Bald Spikerush - Four-flower Yellow Loosestrife Fen
  Common: Shenandoah Valley Wet Prairie
  Scientific: Carex tetanica - Carex prairea - Eleocharis erythropoda - Lysimachia quadriflora Fen
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL006170
(similar) Carex tetanica - Carex prairea - Eleocharis erythropoda - Lysimachia quadriflora Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Juncus balticus - Carex stricta - Lythrum alatum var. alatum Herbaceous Vegetation