DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Carex concinna | Low Northern Sedge 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Low northern sedge occurs from Newfoundland and Quebec west to Alaska
[5,9].  From Quebec it extends south to northern Michigan and
northeastern Wisconsin [5,7].  From Alaska it extends south to Oregon
and then east to South Dakota and Colorado [1,7,8,9].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES19  Aspen - birch
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES44  Alpine


STATES : 
     AK  CO  ID  MI  MT  ND  OR  SD  WA  WI
     WY  AB  BC  MB  NB  NF  NT  ON  PQ  SK
     YT


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     DENA  SLBE  WRST  YELL  YUCH


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    1  Northern Pacific Border
    2  Cascade Mountains
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   10  Wyoming Basin
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   15  Black Hills Uplift
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K012  Douglas-fir forest
   K015  Western spruce - fir forest
   K017  Black Hills pine forest
   K018  Pine - Douglas-fir forest
   K052  Alpine meadows and barren
   K095  Great Lakes pine forest
   K106  Northern hardwoods
   K107  Northern hardwoods - fir forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   237  Interior ponderosa pine
   244  Pacific ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Low northern sedge was not listed as an indicator or dominant in
available literature.

Low northern sedge in Michigan is found at the edges of northern
white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis) and balsam fir (Abies balsamea)
thickets at the northern ends of Michigan and Huron lakes.  Associated
species include bristle-leaved sedge (Carex eburnea), hairlike sedge (C.
capillaris), twinflower (Linnaea borealis), and bearberry
(Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) [15].

Related categories for Species: Carex concinna | Low Northern Sedge