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Morella cerifera - Rosa palustris / Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens Shrubland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Morella cerifera - Rosa palustris / Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens Shrubland Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This shrub community occurs in ecotonal sites between tidal marshes and tidal swamps in fresh to oligohaline portions of coastal rivers and embayments. It occupies soupy peats. It is a natural community, but likely has a long-term and complicated successional relationship with other (primarily marsh communities) in the landscape in which it occurs, related to hydrology and fire. Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera var. cerifera) is the characteristic dominant species (with 25-75% cover), with Rosa palustris, Salix caroliniana, and Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans as characteristic and constant companion species. Other woody species include Persea palustris, Magnolia virginiana, Salix caroliniana, Vaccinium formosum, Smilax walteri, and saplings of Acer rubrum, Pinus taeda, Taxodium distichum, and Liquidambar styraciflua. Herbaceous composition is diverse and varied, with many species 'recruited' from adjacent marshes and swamps. Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens is highly characteristic and appears to reach its nodal distribution in this landscape in this community. Other important species can include Juncus roemerianus, Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, and Decodon verticillatus. Murdannia keisak is an aggressive alien weed.  Accession Code: VB.CC.22834.MORELLACERIFERA Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Jan-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Morella cerifera - Rosa palustris Tidal Shrubland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Wax-myrtle - Swamp Rose / Marsh Fern Shrubland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686863 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004656   Scientific: Morella cerifera - Rosa palustris / Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens Shrubland   Common: Wind Tidal Wax-myrtle - Willow Thicket (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Morella cerifera - Rosa palustris / Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens Shrubland