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Quercus bicolor / Vaccinium corymbosum / Carex stipata Forest | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Quercus bicolor / Vaccinium corymbosum / Carex stipata Forest
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This perched swamp white oak swamp community from western New York occurs in shallow depressions on a forested hillside where the water table is locally perched above the surrounding groundwater level. The water level fluctuates seasonally; the swamp may be flooded in spring and nearly dry by late summer. The dominant tree is Quercus bicolor, which varies from nearly pure, open canopy dominance in areas that are more permanently saturated to more closed in seasonally dry areas. The canopy may include Acer rubrum, Pinus rigida, Pinus strobus, Quercus alba, and Quercus coccinea. The shrub layer is fairly open, with scattered Gaylussacia baccata, Rhododendron periclymenoides, Vaccinium corymbosum, and Viburnum recognitum. The herbaceous and moss layers may be sparse under more closed canopy or more extensive in saturated, open canopy, where Sphagnum spp. may form extensive carpets mixed with Carex stipata, Glyceria striata, Scirpus cyperinus, Thelypteris palustris, and the woody vine Toxicodendron radicans. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.25536.QUERCUSBICOLORV
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Swamp White Oak / Highbush Blueberry / Stalk-grain Sedge Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688464 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006241
  Scientific: Quercus bicolor / Vaccinium corymbosum / Carex stipata Forest
  Common: Perched Swamp White Oak Swamp
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus bicolor / Vaccinium corymbosum / Carex stipata Forest