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Quercus palustris - (Quercus bicolor) - Acer rubrum / Vaccinium corymbosum / Osmunda cinnamomea Forest | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Quercus palustris - (Quercus bicolor) - Acer rubrum / Vaccinium corymbosum / Osmunda cinnamomea Forest
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association comprises a perched hardwood swamp occurring in the northeastern United States from New Hampshire to Virginia. These are closed to partially open, deciduous, seasonally flooded forests. They occur in basin areas that are seasonally wet (winter and early spring) with a shallow, perched water table, but tend to be dry in late summer and early fall. There is usually pronounced hummock-and-hollow microtopography. They are found on sandy loams or clayey soils of glacial lakeplains, or on soils with impermeable subsoils in unglaciated regions. There is generally some layer that impedes drainage. The canopy is codominated by <i>Quercus palustris</i> and/or <i>Quercus bicolor</i> and <i>Acer rubrum</i>. Common associates include <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i> and occasionally <i>Tsuga canadensis</i> or <i>Carya</i> spp. The shrub layer may be sparse or dense and contains <i>Ilex verticillata, Vaccinium corymbosum, Viburnum dentatum, Cephalanthus occidentalis</i>, and <i>Kalmia angustifolia</i>. The sparse herb layer may include <i>Osmunda cinnamomea, Scirpus cyperinus, Thelypteris palustris, Thelypteris simulata, Carex frankii, Glyceria striata, Isoetes</i> spp., <i>Carex crinita, Onoclea sensibilis</i>, and <i>Osmunda regalis</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.30972.CEGL006240
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687748 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Northeastern Pin Oak - Swamp White Oak Forest
  Translated: Pin Oak - (Swamp White Oak ) - Red Maple / Highbush Blueberry / Cinnamon Fern Forest
  Scientific: Quercus palustris - (Quercus bicolor) - Acer rubrum / Vaccinium corymbosum / Osmunda cinnamomea Forest
  Code: CEGL006240