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Trichophorum cespitosum - Carex scirpoidea - Carex bigelowii Alpine Snowbed | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Trichophorum cespitosum - Carex scirpoidea - Carex bigelowii Alpine Snowbed
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This herb-dominated alpine vegetation is found in moist and somewhat protected spots above 1430 m (4700 feet) elevation in the Northern Appalachians. Constant moisture is provided by nearby streams or late-melting snowbanks. Dwarf-shrubs such as <i>Vaccinium uliginosum</i> are often a component, but the differential species are the graminoids and forbs. <i>Trichophorum cespitosum, Carex scirpoidea</i>, and <i>Carex bigelowii</i> are the characteristic graminoids, and are usually locally dominant. <i>Deschampsia flexuosa</i> and <i>Carex brunnescens</i> are also typical although less abundant. Forbs include species also found at lower elevations, such as <i>Veratrum viride, Solidago macrophylla, Platanthera dilatata, Clintonia borealis</i>, and <i>Campanula rotundifolia</i>; as well as those restricted to higher elevations (at this latitude) such as <i>Polygonum viviparum</i> and <i>Prenanthes boottii</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35067-{5C0766A3-D797-4F74-8471-CD76BABC6067}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 21-Mar-2003 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684174 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006424
  Translated: Tufted Bulrush - Northern Single-spike Sedge - Bigelow's Sedge Alpine Snowbed
  Common: Alpine Herbaceous Wet Meadow
  Scientific: Trichophorum cespitosum - Carex scirpoidea - Carex bigelowii Alpine Snowbed
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Trichophorum caespitosum - Carex scirpoidea - Carex bigelowii Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Trichophorum caespitosum - Carex scirpoidea - Carex bigelowii Herbaceous Vegetation