Name:
Chamaecyparis thyoides / Narthecium americanum - Sarracenia purpurea - Drosera filiformis / Sphagnum pulchrum Woodland
Reference:
The vegetation of Pine Barren riverside savannas of New Jersey
Description:
This woody herbaceous community occurs in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey on the floodplains of Outer Coastal Plain rivers and streams. It is often found in expanses or as part of a mosaic of herbaceous and woody herbaceous savanna. Microtopography is tussocky, with dwarf Atlantic white-cedar on the low graminoid tussocks and a remarkable diversity of herbaceous and bryophyte species on the hummocks and in the hollows. The visual impression of this community is a wet meadow with abundant yellow flowers (spring) or orange fruit (summer) of bog asphodel and clusters of dwarf-shrubs. This community is stable in undisturbed sites as well as historically disturbed sites on a variety of substrates including peat, bog iron muck, or quartzite sand. Dominant species include Chamaecyparis thyoides, Narthecium americanum, Sarracenia purpurea, Drosera filiformis, and Sphagnum pulchrum. Associated dwarf woody species include Pinus rigida, Gaylussacia dumosa, Ilex glabra, Kalmia angustifolia, Morella pensylvanica (= Myrica pensylvanica), and Vaccinium macrocarpon. Associated herbaceous species include Agalinis purpurea, Agrostis perennans (= var. elata), Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus, Oclemena nemoralis (= Aster nemoralis), Symphyotrichum novi-belgii (= Aster novi-belgii), Calamagrostis pickeringii, Calopogon tuberosus, Carex exilis, Carex livida, Cladium mariscoides, Danthonia epilis, Eriocaulon aquaticum, Eriocaulon decangulare, Eriophorum virginicum, Juncus pelocarpus, Lobelia nuttallii, Muhlenbergia uniflora, Nymphaea odorata, Dichanthelium dichotomum var. ensifolium (= Panicum ensifolium), Pogonia ophioglossoides, Polygala cruciata, Rhynchospora alba, Rhynchospora cephalantha, Rhynchospora gracilenta, Rhynchospora oligantha, Sabatia difformis, Scleria reticularis, Triantha racemosa (= Tofieldia racemosa), Utricularia cornuta, Utricularia juncea, and Utricularia subulata. Associated fern and fern-like species include Schizaea pusilla, Lycopodiella alopecuroides (= Lycopodium alopecuroides), and Lycopodiella caroliniana (= Lycopodium carolinianum). Associated bryophytes include Sphagnum bartlettianum, Sphagnum magellanicum, and Sphagnum portoricense. Associated animals include ants and preying mantis.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.27980.CHAMAECYPARISTH
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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