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CEGL001822 Carex scopulorum Wet Meadow

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Mountain Sedge Wet Meadow

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: Habitat is depressions and seepy alluvial fans in subalpine heath. Stands of this association occur in transitional areas between the slightly wetter ~Carex nigricans Wet Meadow (CEGL001816)$$ and slightly drier associations of Carex spectabilis and upland Phyllodoce heath, and intergrade with both. Stands on alluvial fans occur below springs and seeps and may be laced with rivulets and or irrigated by sheetflow. Trees are absent. Shrubs are sparse, Salix commutata being the most abundant in 25% of the plots, but with a very low cover. Carex scopulorum is the primary herbaceous species with an average cover of 49% and ranging from 10-90%. Other species with significant patches include Deschampsia cespitosa, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Muhlenbergia filiformis, Eleocharis palustris, and Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis. The other 40 species occur at low constancy and cover and are mostly wetland taxa indicative of perennial saturation.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: This association is defined as a PNV vegetation type. If it were renamed as a dominance type, the species would include Carex scopulorum and Deschampsia cespitosa. Christy (2004) describes an Eleocharis quinqueflora phase: Habitat is depressions or seepy slopes in subalpine heath. It occurs at the wet end of the Carex scopulorum association and intergrades with the Carex nigricans association. Stands contain more Eleocharis quinqueflora than Carex. Carex nigricans and Carex brunnescens may form significant patches.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  No Data Available
Geographic Range: This association occurs from California to British Columbia (Christy 2004) and eastward.

Nations: CA?,US

States/Provinces:  BC?, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT?, WA, WY?


Confidence Level: Low

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G5

Greasons: No Data Available
Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Class 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class C02 2
Subclass 2.C Shrub & Herb Wetland Subclass S44 2.C
Formation 2.C.4 Temperate to Polar Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Formation F013 2.C.4
Division 2.C.4.Nb Western North American Temperate Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division D031 2.C.4.Nb
Macrogroup 2.C.4.Nb.5 Sitka Alder - Booth''s Willow / Northwest Territory Sedge Montane Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup M893 2.C.4.Nb.5
Group 2.C.4.Nb.5.b Sedge species - Reedgrass species Montane Wet Meadow & Marsh Group G521 2.C.4.Nb.5.b
Alliance A3806 Clustered Field Sedge - Mountain Sedge - Few-flower Spikerush Wet Meadow Alliance A3806 2.C.4.Nb.5.b
Association CEGL001822 Mountain Sedge Wet Meadow CEGL001822 2.C.4.Nb.5.b
Concept Lineage: This type (CEGL001824) merged into CEGL001822.

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Carex scopulorum var. prionophylla and bracteosa Association (Kovalchik 1993) [(p.162)]
= Carex scopulorum (McCain and Christy 2005) [8 plots]
= Carex scopulorum (Crowe and Clausnitzer 1997) [(p.170)]
= Carex scopulorum (Kovalchik 1987) [(p.132)]
? Carex scopulorum (Sawyer et al. 2009) [45.120.01]
= Carex scopulorum Association (Christy 2004)
= Carex scopulorum Association (Crowe et al. 2004)
= Carex scopulorum Community Type (Manning and Padgett 1989)
= Carex scopulorum Wet Meadow (DiPaolo et al. 2018)
Concept Author(s): J.A. Christy (2004)

Author of Description: J.A. Christy (2004)

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 06-11-06
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