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CEGL001829 Carex spectabilis - Potentilla flabellifolia Alpine Meadow
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Showy Sedge - High Mountain Cinquefoil Alpine Meadow
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This subalpine meadow occurs in moist basins between 1250-2100 m (4110-6895 feet) elevation. Sites are typically flat to concave. The vegetation is dominated by Carex spectabilis with Carex nigricans and/or Potentilla flabellifolia usually prominent to codominant. This is a species-rich association; however, few species other than the dominants are rarely more than prominent. Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii and Juncus drummondii appear occasionally as prominent. This association occurs at Mount Rainier National Park and in the Olympic Mountains.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The vegetation is dominated by Carex spectabilis with Carex nigricans and/or Potentilla flabellifolia usually prominent to codominant. This is a species-rich association; however, few species other than the dominants are rarely more than prominent. Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii (= Caltha biflora) and Juncus drummondii appear occasionally as prominent.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: No Data Available
Nations: CA?,US
States/Provinces: WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686892
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4Q
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 4 Polar & High Montane Scrub, Grassland & Barrens Class | C04 | 4 |
| Subclass | 4.B Temperate to Polar Alpine & Tundra Vegetation Subclass | S12 | 4.B |
| Formation | 4.B.1 Temperate & Boreal Alpine Tundra Formation | F037 | 4.B.1 |
| Division | 4.B.1.Nb Western North American Alpine Tundra Division | D043 | 4.B.1.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 4.B.1.Nb.3 Vancouverian Alpine Tundra Macrogroup | M101 | 4.B.1.Nb.3 |
| Group | 4.B.1.Nb.3.b Longawn Sedge - Showy Sedge - Spreading Phlox Alpine-Subalpine Tundra Group | G320 | 4.B.1.Nb.3.b |
| Alliance | A1300 Showy Sedge Subalpine Meadow Alliance | A1300 | 4.B.1.Nb.3.b |
| Association | CEGL001829 Showy Sedge - High Mountain Cinquefoil Alpine Meadow | CEGL001829 | 4.B.1.Nb.3.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Carex spectabilis-Carex nigricans-(Potentilla flabellifolia) Herbaceous Vegetation (Crawford et al. 2009)
= Carex spectabilis/Potentilla flabellifolia Association (Hamann 1972)
= Carex spectabilis Association (Kovalchik 2001)
= Carex spectabilis/Potentilla flabellifolia Association (Hamann 1972)
= Carex spectabilis Association (Kovalchik 2001)
- Bourgeron, P. S., and L. D. Engelking, editors. 1994. A preliminary vegetation classification of the western United States. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Western Heritage Task Force, Boulder, CO. 175 pp. plus appendix.
- Crawford, R. C., C. B. Chappell, C. C. Thompson, and F. J. Rocchio. 2009. Vegetation classification of Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic national parks. Plant association descriptions and identification keys: Appendices A-G. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NCCN/NRTR--2009/D-586. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 586 pp.
- Hamann, M. J. 1972. Vegetation of alpine and subalpine meadows of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Unpublished thesis, Washington State University, Pullman. 120 pp.
- Kovalchik, B. L. 2001. Classification and management of aquatic, riparian and wetland sites on the national forests of eastern Washington. Part 1: The series descriptions. 429 pp. plus appendix. [http://www.reo.gov/col/wetland_classification/wetland_classification.pdf]
- WNHP [Washington Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data files. Washington Natural Heritage Program, Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.