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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 <i>Quercus bicolor</i>, 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 <i>Acer rubrum, Pinus rigida, Pinus strobus, Quercus alba</i>, and <i>Quercus coccinea</i>. The shrub layer is fairly open, with scattered <i>Gaylussacia baccata, Rhododendron periclymenoides, Vaccinium corymbosum</i>, and <i>Viburnum recognitum</i>. The herbaceous and moss layers may be sparse under more closed canopy or more extensive in saturated, open canopy, where <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. may form extensive carpets mixed with <i>Carex stipata, Glyceria striata, Scirpus cyperinus, Thelypteris palustris</i>, and the woody vine <i>Toxicodendron radicans</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31230.CEGL006241
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]
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  Common: Perched Swamp White Oak Swamp
  Translated: Swamp White Oak / Highbush Blueberry / Awl-fruit Sedge Forest
  Scientific: Quercus bicolor / Vaccinium corymbosum / Carex stipata Forest
  Code: CEGL006241