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Spartina pectinata - Calamagrostis canadensis - Carex spp. Midwest Wet Prairie, Wet Meadow & Shrub Swamp Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Spartina pectinata - Calamagrostis canadensis - Carex spp. Midwest Wet Prairie, Wet Meadow & Shrub Swamp Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This herbaceous group is found on wet-mesic to wet sites dominated by medium to tall graminoids, generally 1-2 m tall. Dominant species include <i>Andropogon gerardii, Calamagrostis canadensis, Panicum virgatum</i>, and <i>Spartina pectinata</i>. Some stands are affected by saline groundwater and have other species such as <i>Calamagrostis stricta, Carex praegracilis</i>, and <i>Carex sartwellii</i>. A wide variety of forbs can be found in this group and some can be very common in some places. Shrubs are absent to sparse in most stands but some can have significant cover of <i>Betula pumila, Salix petiolaris, Salix discolor</i>, and <i>Spiraea tomentosa</i>, though still with a wet-prairie herbaceous layer. This group is found on flat or very gently sloping sites. It can occur on silt, loam, clay, or fine sands but all sites are flooded or saturated for a few to several weeks in most years. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40351-{840DBAFB-02F8-47AE-8238-63DB66807F10}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 20-May-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.894450 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G770
  Scientific: Spartina pectinata - Calamagrostis canadensis - Carex spp. Midwest Wet Prairie, Wet Meadow & Shrub Swamp Group