Name:
Deschampsia beringensis - Argentina egedii - Carex obnupta Vancouverian Freshwater Coastal Marsh & Wet Meadow Group
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
These coastal freshwater wet meadows and marshes range from southern California to the northern Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Wet meadows are dominated by a wide variety of graminoids and forbs, including <i>Achillea millefolium var. borealis, Angelica lucida, Argentina anserina, Argentina egedii, Carex lyngbyei, Carex mackenziei, Carex obnupta, Castilleja</i> spp., <i>Deschampsia beringensis, Equisetum variegatum, Euthamia occidentalis, Festuca rubra, Heracleum maximum, Hydrocotyle umbellata, Juncus lesueurii, Juncus nevadensis, Juncus</i> spp., <i>Lathyrus japonicus var. maritimus, Leymus mollis, Lupinus nootkatensis, Parnassia palustris</i>, and <i>Sparganium</i> species. Shrubs include <i>Myrica gale, Salix commutata, Salix hookeriana</i>, and <i>Salix sitchensis</i>. Coastal freshwater wetlands are found in interdunal areas, on delta deposits, uplifted marshes, or beach deposits. They occur inland of tidal marshes and are common along sloughs and levees. Within dune areas, freshwater wetlands are often part of larger active and stabilized coastal barrier islands, spits, and coastal dunes, where they can be referred to as "slack dune ponds" when associated with larger and deeper water or "coastal dune swales" when water is shallow. They typically occur behind active foredunes, especially where the base of the dunes are at or near groundwater levels.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40202-{7EBFC65D-A005-401D-B333-C6C9C290E226}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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