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Carex bigelowii Alpine Meadow Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Carex bigelowii Alpine Meadow Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This alliance includes alpine meadows above timberline the Northern Appalachians and adjacent Canada, dominated by <i>Carex bigelowii</i> and/or <i>Juncus trifidus</i>. Associated species include <i>Minuartia groenlandica, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata</i>, and <i>Vaccinium vitis-idaea</i>. Soils are typically thin, acidic and have a low moisture-holding capacity. Low temperatures, heavy fog and high winds result in a unusually severe climate. Alpine areas in this region have greater floristic affinities with arctic areas in Canada, Alaska and Greenland than with alpine areas of the western United States.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38201-{8CF0874E-9794-4729-A838-D7B2F3A9EACB} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Vaccinium uliginosum - Diapensia lapponica - Carex bigelowii Alpine Tundra Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Carex bigelowii Alpine Meadow		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899108 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A1295   Translated: Bigelow's Sedge Alpine Meadow Alliance   Common: Eastern Alpine Meadow   Scientific: Carex bigelowii Alpine Meadow Alliance (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Carex bigelowii - Juncus trifidus Herbaceous Alliance (similar) A.1295