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Carex filifolia Mesic Grassland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Carex filifolia Mesic Grassland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance is dominated by <i>Carex filifolia</i> in the herbaceous layer. Plants grow in tight clumps that form closed to open turf. Other herbs may include <i>Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis, Antennaria rosea, Calamagrostis muiriana, Cistanthe monosperma, Cistanthe umbellata, Deschampsia cespitosa, Dicentra uniflora, Erigeron algidus, Juncus mertensianus, Lewisia pygmaea, Lupinus breweri, Oreostemma alpigenum, Penstemon heterodoxus, Potentilla</i> spp., <i>Saxifraga aprica, Solidago multiradiata</i>, and <i>Trisetum spicatum</i>. Emergent <i>Eriogonum nudum</i> plants may be present at low cover. This alliance forms large stands. Herbs are &lt;0.3 m in height, and the canopy coverage is open to continuous. This short grassland of dry subalpine and alpine meadows occurs on slopes and ridges, and edges of subalpine meadows and basins from 1500-3700 m elevation in the Sierra Nevada of California and possibly east into the mountain ranges of western Nevada. Stands often grow on the upper margins of meadows, or just beyond the zone of seasonal soil saturation if the stand is adjacent to a lake. Soils are well-drained sands or loams. The precipitation regime where this alliance occurs is strongly seasonal, with most precipitation falling in the winter months. Most precipitation in the upper elevational range falls as snow. Summers are very dry. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38200-{466C7532-3511-4C3D-86E3-55CF701FF3FB}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899107 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A1294
  Translated: Threadleaf Sedge Mesic Grassland Alliance
  Common: Threadleaf Sedge Mesic Grassland
  Scientific: Carex filifolia Mesic Grassland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) A.1294
(similar) Carex filifolia Herbaceous Alliance