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Juniperus virginiana / Betula pumila / Carex sterilis - Oligoneuron rigidum Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Juniperus virginiana / Betula pumila / Carex sterilis - Oligoneuron rigidum Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of... Description: This vegetation, known locally as 'prairie fen' is restricted to one known occurrence in New Jersey, with a potential for up to four additional sites. It overlies calcareous bedrock and is characterized by a matrix of shrub thickets dominated by Betula pumila and Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda) interspersed among open graminoid areas characterized by Carex sterilis, Carex flava, Carex buxbaumii, Carex leptalea, and other cespitose sedges. Other typical fen herbs such as Geum rivale, Parnassia glauca, Solidago patula, Solidago uliginosa, Sarracenia purpurea, Lobelia kalmii and Muhlenbergia glomerata are found here. In addition, species such as Symphyotrichum laeve (= Aster laevis), Sorghastrum nutans, Andropogon gerardii, Porteranthus trifoliatus, and Smilax tamnoides (= Smilax hispida) that are more typical of upland habitats are also characteristic. Juniperus virginiana, also a typically upland species, occurs as large, mature, spreading individuals widely scattered in the herbaceous openings. Hydrologically, this vegetation is unusual in that is very wet in spring and fall but droughty during the summer.  Accession Code: VB.CC.21018.JUNIPERUSVIRGIN Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Jan-1998 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Carex (flava, hystericina, interior, sterilis) Saturated Shrub Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Eastern Red-cedar / Bog Birch / Sterile Sedge - Bold Goldenrod Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685318 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL006367   Scientific: Juniperus virginiana / Betula pumila / Carex sterilis - Oligoneuron rigidum Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Juniperus virginiana / Betula pumila / Carex sterilis - Oligoneuron rigidum Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation