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CEGL001869 Carex vernacula - Poa fendleriana Wet Meadow
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Native Sedge - Muttongrass Wet Meadow
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is reported from a single drainage in the western Great Basin of northern Nevada. It occupies low spots with gentle slopes within a sagebrush steppe community matrix. Soils are fine-textured, well-developed, and seasonally wet (mottling). This herbaceous community has a high cover of vegetation (86%) and is dominated by the graminoids Carex vernacula and Poa fendleriana. Because most stands have been heavily grazed, forbs such as Monolepis nuttalliana, Phlox sp., and Potentilla arguta may contribute significantly to the total cover. Shrubs are absent.
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
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 is found in the Crowley Creek drainage in the western Great Basin of north-central Nevada.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NV, OR?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688839
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
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.c White Marsh-marigold - Black Alpine Sedge - Alpine Laurel Subalpine-Alpine Snowbed, Wet Meadow & Dwarf-shrubland Group | G520 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.c |
| Alliance | A1309 Native Sedge - Icegrass - Sierra False Needlegrass Wet Meadow Alliance | A1309 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.c |
| Association | CEGL001869 Native Sedge - Muttongrass Wet Meadow | CEGL001869 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Carex vesnacula - Poa ephis [sic] Community (Blackburn et al. 1968b)
- Blackburn, W. H., P. T. Tueller, and R. E. Eckert, Jr. 1968b. Vegetation and soils of the Crowley Creek watershed. Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin R-42. Reno. 60 pp.
- 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.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.