Article Title
Midsummer Standing Crops of Wetland Sedge Meadows Along a Transect from Forest to Prairie
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1975
Keywords
Wetland surveys; Wetland plants; Cyperaceae
Abstract
Midsummer standing crops of wetland sedges have been measured along a transect from forest to prairie in northwestern Minnesota. The eight forest stands, all but one on waterlogged fibrous peats, are dominated by Carex lacustris (4 stands), C. lasiocarpa (2), C. rostrata (1) and C. atherodes (1). They exhibit above-ground standing crops ranging from 425 to 738 g dry wt/m2, with a mean of 606 g/m2. The five prairie stands on well-drained silty peats are all dominated by Carex atherodes, and their standing crops range from 679 to 1248 g dry wt/m2, with a mean of 941 g/m2. Above-ground standing crop in the prairie sites is therefore 55% greater than in the forest sites.
First Page
15
Last Page
17
Recommended Citation
Gorham, E.,
&
Bernard, J. M.
(1975).
Midsummer Standing Crops of Wetland Sedge Meadows Along a Transect from Forest to Prairie.
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Vol. 41 No.1, 15-17.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/jmas/vol41/iss1/5
Primo Type
Article