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Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Cladium mariscoides - Juncus balticus - (Rhynchospora capillacea) Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Cladium mariscoides - Juncus balticus - (Rhynchospora capillacea) Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This interdunal wetland herbaceous community is found in dune systems of the southern (and perhaps northern) Great Lakes in the United States and Canada. Stands occur on the sandy soils of wet depressions in wind-deposited dune systems. The substrate is 75-100% sand. Organics and silts occur in small amounts in depressions of exposed dunelands, and in larger amounts in sheltered, inland wet depressions. Herbaceous vascular plants have <30% cover, trees and shrubs together have <30% cover, and trees alone have <5% cover. Several variants occur, correlating with depth to the mean annual water table (centers of swales versus highest portions of swales) and distance inland from the lakeshore (exposed duneland versus sheltered inland/duneland). The physiognomy and floristics of the herb-dominated intermediate zone of the swale are emphasized in this description, and include Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex spp., Cladium mariscoides, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Equisetum variegatum, Juncus balticus, Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum (= Panicum implicatum), Rhynchospora capillacea, Schoenoplectus acutus (= Scirpus acutus), and Typha spp. Apart from the dominants, characteristic species include Carex viridula, Oligoneuron ohioense (= Solidago ohioensis), Hypericum kalmianum, Panicum flexile, Scleria verticillata, Lysimachia quadriflora, Packera paupercula (= Senecio pauperculus), and Eleocharis spp. (including Eleocharis quinqueflora (= Eleocharis pauciflora)). Rhynchospora capillacea is not in Ohio sites. Compositional changes take place if surrounding open dunes are stabilized and succeed to a forested condition.  Accession Code: VB.CC.27322.DASIPHORAFRUTIC Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Cladium mariscoides Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Common: Interdunal Wetland   Translated: Shrubby-cinquefoil / Twig-rush - Baltic Rush - (Limestone Beaksedge) Herbaceous Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.690040 NatureServe Explorer   Scientific: Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Cladium mariscoides - Juncus balticus - (Rhynchospora capillacea) Herbaceous Vegetation   Code: CEGL005105 (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Cladium mariscoides - Juncus balticus - (Rhynchospora capillacea) Herbaceous Vegetation