Cryic Aquic Subalpine Wet Meadow

Description

The reference state of the Cryic Aquic Subalpine Wet Meadow site is comprised one of three communities depending on moisture conditions. The site is dominated by forbs, sedges, and mosses. Some shrubs may be present on site in drier areas on site.

Dominant plant species

1. western moss heather (Cassiope mertensiana), shrub

2. rose meadowsweet (Spiraea splendens), shrub

3. white marsh marigold (Caltha leptosepala), grass

4. fireleaf leptarrhena (Leptarrhena pyrolifolia), grass

5. black alpine sedge (Carex nigricans), grass

6. showy sedge (Carex spectabilis), grass

7. horsetail (Equisetum), grass

8. elephanthead lousewort (Pedicularis groenlandica), grass

9. sphagnum (Sphagnum), grass

10. high mountain cinquefoil (Potentilla flabellifolia), grass

11. American bistort (Polygonum bistortoides), grass

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