Water and soil chemistry, floristics, and phytosociology of the extreme rich High Creek fen, in South Park, Colorado, U.S.A.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Author: Cooper, David J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1996
• Subjects: Plant Science; High Creek; Kobresia simpliciuscula
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b96-217; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b96-217

An extreme rich fen complex located in South Park, Colorado, is the most southern representative of this ecosystem type known in North America and the first described from the Southern Rocky Mountains. The fen is fed by ground water emerging from glacial outwash and has pH ranging from 7.6 to 8.3 an...