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Acer rubrum - Fraxinus pennsylvanica / Bidens laevis - Pilea fontana Forest | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Acer rubrum - Fraxinus pennsylvanica / Bidens laevis - Pilea fontana Forest
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This calcareous seepage swamp occurs on the Virginia Coastal Plain on groundwater-saturated stream bottoms in ravines that have cut into Tertiary shell deposits or limesands. Braided streams and hummock-and-hollow microtopography are characteristic of the environmental setting. The tree canopy is characterized by Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, and others. The shrub layer is comprised of Lindera benzoin, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera) and Cornus foemina. Vines are abundant, characterized by Decumaria barbara. The herbaceous layer is characterized by Caltha palustris, Carex bromoides, Packera aurea (= Senecio aureus), Scirpus lineatus, Thelypteris palustris, Pedicularis lanceolata, Carex tetanica, Liparis loeselii, and Carex granularis on drier hummocks, and Saururus cernuus, Bidens laevis, Pilea fontana, Glyceria striata, and Impatiens capensis in wetter hollows and seepage rivulets. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.25376.ACERRUBRUMFRAXI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 15-Nov-2000 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Red Maple - Green Ash / Smooth Beggarticks - Lesser Clearweed Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687899 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006413
  Scientific: Acer rubrum - Fraxinus pennsylvanica / Bidens laevis - Pilea fontana Forest
  Common: Coastal Plain Calcareous Seepage Swamp
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Acer rubrum - Fraxinus pennsylvanica / Packera aurea - Carex bromoides - Pilea fontana - Bidens laevis Forest