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Carex lasiocarpa - Kobresia myosuroides - Carex scirpoidea Alkaline Graminoid Fen Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Carex lasiocarpa - Kobresia myosuroides - Carex scirpoidea Alkaline Graminoid Fen Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance includes wetlands of the mountain ranges of California with organic soil of peat at least 40 cm thick, dominated by herbaceous plants, and with soil/water pH of &gt;5.5. Stands may be dominated by <i>Carex lasiocarpa</i> or <i>Schoenoplectus</i> species and have characteristic plant species that include <i>Carex scirpoidea, Carex scopulorum, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Gentianopsis holopetala, Juncus arcticus, Kobresia myosuroides, Narthecium californicum, Perideridia parishii, Thalictrum alpinum, Triantha occidentalis, Trichophorum clementis</i>, and <i>Trichophorum pumilum</i>. Brown mosses include <i>Bryum pseudotriquetrum, Campylium stellatum, Cratoneuron filicinum, Drepanocladus aduncus</i>, and <i>Drepanocladus sordidus</i>. Shrubs and stunted trees may be present, but these with &lt;25% cover. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38819-{FF00EE74-C924-4395-B5AB-3A63E1C71392}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899657 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3599
  Translated: Woolly-fruit Sedge - Bellardi Bog Sedge - Northern Single-spike Sedge Alkaline Graminoid Fen Alliance
  Common: California Neutral-Highly Alkaline Graminoid Fen
  Scientific: Carex lasiocarpa - Kobresia myosuroides - Carex scirpoidea Alkaline Graminoid Fen Alliance