Name:
Alnus serrulata - Salix sericea - Rhododendron (catawbiense, maximum) Saturated Shrubland Alliance
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This alliance includes mostly montane, non-alluvial, palustrine vegetation dominated by shrubs and often, but not always, with substantial Sphagnum cover. Occurrences of this alliance can have small to moderately large herbaceous openings, as well, but where open herbaceous patches are large and well-developed, communities in V.A.5.N.m. should be considered. Communities in this alliance are saturated shrublands with Alnus serrulata as a nearly constant component, but many other shrub species are typical and may dominate or codominate, including Salix sericea, Salix humilis, Spiraea alba, Spiraea tomentosa, Ilex verticillata, Ilex collina, Ilex montana, Rhododendron catawbiense, Rhododendron maximum, Rhododendron viscosum, Rhododendron arborescens, Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina, Kalmia latifolia, Menziesia pilosa, Kalmia carolina, Viburnum nudum var. nudum, Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides, Lonicera canadensis, and Lonicera dioica. This alliance includes shrub bogs and bogs with well-developed shrub zones, scattered in the southern Blue Ridge, and may possibly extend to the Cumberland Mountains and northern Ridge and Valley.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.19459.ALNUSSERRULATAS
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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