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Carex aquatilis - Carex utriculata Boreal Wet Meadow & Marsh Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Carex aquatilis - Carex utriculata Boreal Wet Meadow & Marsh Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This group is widespread in the boreal and boreal transitional areas of Alaska and British Columbia, extending east into Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba and south into Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota. Vegetation is largely graminoid-dominated. Common species include <i>Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex aquatilis, Carex lasiocarpa, Carex utriculata, Equisetum palustre</i>, and <i>Eriophorum angustifolium</i>. Shrubs may be a minor component of the canopy cover (less than 25%) and include <i>Myrica gale, Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia</i>, and <i>Salix</i> spp. It occurs on floodplains, depressions, pond and lake margins, oxbows and abandoned channels. Frequent river channel migration and associated flooding and fluvial processes constitute the major disturbances. Wetland succession and species composition are variable due to diverse environmental conditions such as water depth, substrate, and nutrient input. Floodplain wetland vegetation includes freshwater marsh and wet low shrub. Patch size is small to large and often linear. Moisture regime varies from saturated to semipermanently flooded. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40209-{10CC0CF4-67F8-44E4-9E6D-454AD3687C81}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 19-Jan-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.860744 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G528
  Scientific: Carex aquatilis - Carex utriculata Boreal Wet Meadow & Marsh Group