United States, California, MARIPOSA, WESTFALL MEADOWS, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
37.654824 -119.635486
11 267510E 4170786N
2070 meters
6790 FT
LARGE WET MEADOW BORDERED BY PINUS CONTORTA SSP. MURRAYANA FOREST (P. CONTORTA ENCROACHING SOMEWHAT). THERE ARE PATCHES OF SALIX SP. AND VERATRUM CALIFORNICUM SCATTERED THROUGHOUT BUT THE MEADOW IS LARGELY A FLAT, OPEN HOMOGENEOUS ASSEMBLAGE OF POLYGONUM BISTORTOIDES, CAREX UTRICULATA, PERIDERIDIA PARISHII, CAREX NEBRASCENSIS, DODECATHEON ALPINUM, MOSS. PLOT IS HIGHLY HOMOGENEOUS SUBSET OF THIS SITE. SLOPE IS 3 DEGREES. ASPECT IS 126 DEGREES. SURFICIAL GEOLOGY IS MUCK. COWARDIN SYSTEM IS PALUSTRINE. SOIL TEXTURE IS MUCK. SOIL IS VERY POORLY DRAINED. SITE IS SEASONALLY FLOODED. PLANT ALIANCE IS POLYGONUM BISTORTOIDES HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE.