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CEGL001855 Carex elynoides - Oreoxis spp. Alpine Turf

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Blackroot Sedge - Alpine-parsley species Alpine Turf

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: No Data Available

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: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  No Data Available
Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  CO, UT


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4

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.2 Eight-petal Mountain-avens - Blackroot Sedge - Moss Campion Alpine Tundra Macrogroup M099 4.B.1.Nb.2
Group 4.B.1.Nb.2.b Blackroot Sedge - Bellardi Bog Sedge - Cushion Phlox Alpine Turf & Fell-field Group G314 4.B.1.Nb.2.b
Alliance A3155 Blackroot Sedge - Curly Sedge - Bellardi Bog Sedge Rocky Mountain Alpine Turf Alliance A3155 4.B.1.Nb.2.b
Association CEGL001855 Blackroot Sedge - Alpine-parsley species Alpine Turf CEGL001855 4.B.1.Nb.2.b
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Carex - Trifolium Stand (Welden 1981)
< Carex - Trifolium Stand (Welden 1985)
= Carex elynoides - Oreoxis sp. Plant Association (Johnston 1987)
< Carex-Trifolium-Turf (Eddleman 1963)
= Association: Caricetum elynoidis (Willard 1963) (Komarkova 1976)
= Association: Caricetum elynoidis (Willard 1963) (Willard 1979)
= Association: Caricetum elynoidis (Willard 1963) (Komarkova and Webber 1978)
= Association: Caricetum elynoidis (Willard 1963) (Willard 1963)
Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

Author of Description: No Data Available

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