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Carex limosa - Carex buxbaumii - Triglochin maritima Alkaline Graminoid Fen Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Carex limosa - Carex buxbaumii - Triglochin maritima Alkaline Graminoid Fen Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance consists of neutral to alkaline herbaceous fens dominated by one or more <i>Carex</i> species. Some well-documented species include <i>Carex buxbaumii, Carex cusickii, Carex limosa</i>, and <i>Carex saxatilis</i>. <i>Carex aquatilis</i> and <i>Carex utriculata</i> may be present as well. Additional species may include <i>Caltha leptosepala, Deschampsia cespitosa, Drosera</i> spp., <i>Eleocharis quinqueflora, Eriophorum</i> spp., <i>Menyanthes trifoliata, Pedicularis groenlandica</i>, and <i>Trichophorum cespitosum</i>. The source and quality of groundwater determine the nutrient content and pH of these fens, which most often occur as basin or depressional wetlands, but can also occur as slope and alluvial wetlands in terms of their hydrogeomorphic setting. These fens are seasonally or permanently saturated wetlands with an organic substrate that is at least 30 cm thick, and occur in the Rocky Mountains. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38721-{1B7CB575-573B-4C72-97C5-0D9F6FF2906C}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899558 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3435
  Translated: Mud Sedge - Buxbaum's Sedge - Seaside Arrow-grass Alkaline Graminoid Fen Alliance
  Common: Rocky Mountain Alkaline Sedge Graminoid Fen
  Scientific: Carex limosa - Carex buxbaumii - Triglochin maritima Alkaline Graminoid Fen Alliance