Cryic Udic Wet Subalpine Meadow

Description

Cryic Udic Wet Subalpine Meadow sites support communities of shrubs, forbs, and graminoids. Three communities exist in the Reference state which encompass varying stages of regeneration from disturbance. There is also a tree island community which may arise given an extensive time without disturbance.

Dominant plant species

1. subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), tree

2. Alaska cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensis), tree

3. Cascade bilberry (Vaccinium deliciosum), shrub

4. greenleaf fescue (Festuca viridula), grass

5. Sitka valerian (Valeriana sitchensis), grass

6. green false hellebore (Veratrum viride), grass

7. showy sedge (Carex spectabilis), grass

8. common beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax), grass

9. edible thistle (Cirsium edule), grass

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