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Quercus palustris - Acer rubrum / Carex grayi - Geum canadense Forest | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Quercus palustris - Acer rubrum / Carex grayi - Geum canadense Forest
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This freely drained floodplain forest occurs along smaller rivers in southern New England. The canopy is comprised of Quercus palustris, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Acer rubrum, Ulmus americana, and occasionally Quercus bicolor and Platanus occidentalis. The shrub layer includes Lindera benzoin, Viburnum recognitum, Cornus amomum, Cornus obliqua, or Sambucus canadensis. The herbaceous layer can have abundant sedges including Carex lurida, Carex crinita, Carex intumescens, Carex lupulina, or Carex grayi with additional species like Cinna arundinacea, Geum canadense, Polygonum virginianum (= Tovara virginiana), Onoclea sensibilis, Athyrium filix-femina, Arisaema triphyllum, Iris versicolor, Viola sororia, and Toxicodendron radicans. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.24492.QUERCUSPALUSTRI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Code: CEGL006185
  Translated: Pin Oak - Red Maple / Gray's Sedge - Canada Avens Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688013 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Scientific: Quercus palustris - Acer rubrum / Carex grayi - Geum canadense Forest
  Common: Pin Oak Small River Floodplain Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus palustris - Acer rubrum / Carex grayi - Geum canadense Forest