Name:
Carex nebrascensis - Carex vesicaria - Carex pellita Wet Meadow Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
These wet meadows are dominated by <i>Carex nebrascensis, Carex vesicaria</i>, and/or <i>Carex pellita</i>. Stands can be nearly monotypic cover of one of these three <i>Carex</i> species. Other graminoids that may be present to codominant include <i>Calamagrostis stricta, Carex microptera, Carex praegracilis, Carex utriculata, Catabrosa aquatica, Deschampsia cespitosa, Eleocharis palustris, Glyceria</i> spp., <i>Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis, Phalaris arundinacea, Schoenoplectus acutus, Schoenoplectus pungens</i>, and/or <i>Scirpus microcarpus</i>. Forb and fern ally cover is generally low and includes such species as <i>Camassia quamash, Epilobium</i> spp., <i>Equisetum arvense, Galium trifidum, Geum macrophyllum, Mentha arvensis, Potentilla gracilis, Prunella vulgaris, Symphyotrichum foliaceum</i>, and <i>Triglochin maritima</i>. This alliance occurs in the Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, Intermountain West ranges and Rocky Mountains at mostly lower montane elevations (approximately 1000-2400 m [3000-8000 feet]). Stands occur in gently sloping to flat mountain valleys, lower slopes, foothill draws, stream terraces, on the margins of slow-moving reaches of streams and rivers, and in marshy swales and overflow channels on broad floodplains. Most sites are poorly drained and flooded during spring runoff such that water levels normally remain in the rooting zone throughout the growing season. Soils are composed of sand, silt, and clay deposits.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39019-{2A565767-0301-4EC5-A580-FEB54CB84F75}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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