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Carex filifolia - Trisetum spicatum Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Carex filifolia - Trisetum spicatum Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This herbaceous association is currently only known from Yosemite National Park in California, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. Stands of this alpine and subalpine grassland are found between 2650 and 3500 m (8700-11,500 feet) of elevation on gentle to moderate slopes. Aspects are variable and do not seem to be diagnostic for this type. Stands are found on basin floors, lower to upper slopes. Soils are clay loams to silt loams derived from igneous or metamorphic parent materials. This subalpine to alpine meadow grassland is dominated by <i>Carex filifolia</i> (20% cover) and <i>Trisetum spicatum</i> (5% cover). Associates are highly variable, but the most constant species are the forbs <i>Antennaria rosea</i> and <i>Solidago multiradiata</i>. Graminoids, which provide trace cover, may include <i>Danthonia intermedia, Poa secunda, Poa stebbinsii, Carex subnigricans, Carex filifolia, Carex breweri, Elymus elymoides</i>, and/or <i>Juncus patens</i>. Forb associates may include <i>Trifolium monanthum</i> and traces of <i>Antennaria media, Arenaria kingii, Castilleja nana, Eriogonum ovalifolium, Penstemon heterodoxus</i>, and/or <i>Potentilla drummondii</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36702-{C91A396B-103E-42D6-8C5B-1CABFB2F18E3}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 4
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 06-May-2010 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687209 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL008663
  Translated: Threadleaf Sedge - Narrow False Oats Grassland
  Scientific: Carex filifolia - Trisetum spicatum Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL008663
(similar) Carex filifolia - Trisetum spicatum Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Carex filifolia - Trisetum spicatum Herbaceous Vegetation