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Cephalanthus occidentalis / Polygonum hydropiperoides - Panicum verrucosum Shrubland | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Cephalanthus occidentalis / Polygonum hydropiperoides - Panicum verrucosum Shrubland
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: pond community is known from the Coastal Plain of Delaware and Maryland (and possibly other states), with disjunct examples in the Great Valley of Virginia. Examples include seasonally flooded shrublands that occur in relatively small basins that draw down entirely during dry years, exposing some bare substrate by the end of the growing season. The substrate is a shallow organic layer overlying silt loam or clay loam. Cephalanthus occidentalis is the dominant shrub, but Decodon verticillatus may also be present. Characteristic herbs are Panicum verrucosum, Dulichium arundinaceum, Polygonum hydropiperoides, Torreyochloa pallida, Rhexia virginica, Polygonum amphibium, and Panicum hemitomon. Other associates may include Bidens frondosa, Scirpus cyperinus, Proserpinaca palustris, Triadenum virginicum, Dichanthelium spretum (= Panicum spretum), Scleria reticularis, and Fimbristylis autumnalis. Species composition of this community tends to be variable among occurrences. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.19452.CEPHALANTHUSOCC
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Buttonbush / Swamp Smartweed - Warty Panicgrass Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684722 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006242
  Scientific: Cephalanthus occidentalis / Polygonum hydropiperoides - Panicum verrucosum Shrubland
  Common: Buttonbush Coastal Plain Pond
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Cephalanthus occidentalis / Polygonum hydropiperoides - Panicum verrucosum Shrubland