Name:
Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Carex (sterilis, hystericina, flava) Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference:
Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description:
Spring-fed herbaceous vegetation occurring on shallow peat and irrigated by base rich surface discharge or groundwater. Occurrences are generally small, local and restricted to a rather particular set of conditions. They are often on gentle slopes and in headwater positions. The community is comprised of a well-developed, very diverse herbaceous layer dominated by short cespitose sedges (Carex hystericina, Carex leptalea, Carex interior, Carex flava, Carex sterilis) and grasses such as Muhlenbergia glomerata, Glyceria striata and Bromus kalmii are common. Other characteristic herbs include Packera aurea (= Senecio aureus), Parnassia glauca, Solidago patula, Solidago uliginosa, Geum rivale, Equisetum spp., Spiranthes romanzoffiana, Symplocarpus foetidus, Drosera rotundifolia, Iris versicolor, Lobelia kalmii, Lycopus uniflorus, Thelypteris palustris, and Thalictrum pubescens. Many additional associated wetland species also occur. The bryophyte layer is well developed and comprised of bulky 'brown' mosses (Campylium stellatum, Drepanocladus revolvens, Calliergonella cuspidata, Aulacomnium palustre, Climacium spp., Tomentypnum nitens, Philonotis fontana, Bryum pseudotriquetrum, Scorpidium scorpioides). Shrubs are variable in cover and generally include Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda), Rhamnus alnifolia, and Salix spp.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.24908.DASIPHORAFRUTIC
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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Names:
Translated: Shrubby-cinquefoil / (Sterile Sedge, Porcupine Sedge, Yellow Sedge) Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687808
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Code: CEGL006326
Scientific: Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Carex (sterilis, hystericina, flava) Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
Common: Lower New England Sloping Fen
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined)
Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Carex (sterilis, hystericina, flava) Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
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