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Calamagrostis canadensis - Dichanthelium meridionale - (Mixed Shrub) Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Calamagrostis canadensis - Dichanthelium meridionale - (Mixed Shrub) Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This pondshore margin community of southern New England and New York generally occurs as a narrow band at the periphery of Coastal Plain pondshore basins, adjacent to the shrub zone or upland forest, if a shrub zone is absent. The substrate is sandy with a shallow organic layer or deeper muck. Characteristic species include <i>Calamagrostis canadensis, Dichanthelium meridionale (= Panicum meridionale), Panicum virgatum (= var. cubense), Euthamia caroliniana (= Euthamia tenuifolia), Viola lanceolata</i>, and <i>Polygala cruciata</i>. <i>Sphagnum cuspidatum</i> can be abundant. Shrubs from the adjacent border may be admixed at variable cover. Shrubs may include <i>Spiraea alba, Clethra alnifolia, Vaccinium corymbosum, Chamaedaphne calyculata, Leucothoe racemosa</i>, or <i>Vaccinium macrocarpon</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31068.CEGL006243
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.2.685006 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Bluejoint Pondshore Margin
  Translated: Bluejoint - Matting Rosette Grass - (Mixed Shrub) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Calamagrostis canadensis - Dichanthelium meridionale - (Mixed Shrub) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL006243