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Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda - Myrica gale Rich Shore Fen Shrubland | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda - Myrica gale Rich Shore Fen Shrubland
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Description: This community is typically found on marly coastal sites in northern Lake Michigan and Lake Huron in the United States and possibly Canada. These sites occupy embayments of open, sandy shorelines where limestone bedrock or cobble is at or near the surface. These sites have calcareous soils (with a pH as high as 8.2), resulting either from calcareous substrates, waterflow off adjacent limestone bedrock or limestone-rich till, or algal precipitation of calcium carbonate in the relatively warm, carbonate-saturated waters. These 'marly flats' contain a rich assemblage of calciphilic plants. Short shrubs dominate parts of these areas. Typical dominants include Myrica gale and Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda), generally over 60% (?). Larix laricina and Salix pedicellaris are often present. The herbaceous layer is variable in cover and composition, sometimes shaded out by the heavy shrub cover. Species include Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex viridula, Carex lasiocarpa, and Cladium mariscoides. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22648.DASIPHORAFRUTIC
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 12-Apr-2000 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Code: CEGL005275
  Translated: Shrubby-cinquefoil - Sweet Gale Rich Shore Fen Shrubland
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  Scientific: Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda - Myrica gale Rich Shore Fen Shrubland
  Common: Shrubby-cinquefoil - Sweetgale Rich Shore Fen
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda - Myrica gale Rich Shore Fen Shrubland