DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Carex bigelowii | Bigelow Sedge 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Bigelow sedge is primarily a circumboreal species, occurring from Alaska
to Greenland.  The southern extent of its range reaches the alpine
regions of New England and New York [1,12,17,32].  Populations are also
reported at high elevations in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and
Colorado [8,9,16,18,40].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES11  Spruce - fir
   FRES19  Aspen - birch
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES28  Western hardwoods
   FRES37  Mountain meadows
   FRES41  Wet grasslands
   FRES44  Alpine


STATES : 
     AK  CO  CT  ID  ME  MA  MT  NH  NY  UT
     VT  WY  AB  BC  LB  MB  NB  NF  NT  NS
     ON  PQ  SK  YT


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ACAD  DENA  LACL  WRST  YUCH


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K015  Western spruce - fir forest
   K052  Alpine meadows and barrens
   K094  Conifer bog
   K096  Northeastern spruce - fir forest
   K108  Northern hardwoods - spruce forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
     5  Balsam fir
    12  Black spruce
    13  Black spruce - tamarack
    16  Aspen
    18  Paper birch
    38  Tamarack
   107  White spruce
   201  White spruce
   202  White spruce - paper birch
   203  Balsam poplar
   204  Black spruce
   206  Engelmann spruce - subalpine fir
   217  Aspen
   251  White spruce - aspen
   252  Paper birch
   253  Black spruce - white spruce
   254  Black spruce - paper birch


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Throughout its range, Bigelow sedge generally occurs as scattered
individuals.  It may occasionally dominate or codominate in tundra
regions, shrublands, or in sedge meadows.  A published classification
listing Bigelow sedge as a major component of plant associations (pas)
is as follows:

   AREA              CLASSIFICATION          AUTHORITY
   
   AK                gen. veg. pas           Viereck & Dyrness 1980

Related categories for Species: Carex bigelowii | Bigelow Sedge