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Myrica gale - Morella pensylvanica Saturated Shrubland | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Myrica gale - Morella pensylvanica Saturated Shrubland
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association comprises freshwater swales along the north Atlantic coast dominated by shrubs. It occurs in depressions behind primary or secondary dunes where the water table intersects the soil surface for part of the growing season. It occurs less commonly on slow-moving rivers of outwash deposits. Substrate is sand with or without peat development. This interdunal swale is dominated by a variety of shrubs such as <i>Morella pensylvanica, Myrica gale, Photinia floribunda (= Aronia prunifolia), Ilex verticillata, Vaccinium corymbosum, Spiraea tomentosa, Spiraea alba var. latifolia (= Spiraea latifolia), Viburnum recognitum, Lyonia ligustrina</i>, and occasionally <i>Alnus</i> spp. and <i>Salix</i> spp. Herbaceous species tend to occur in openings and include <i>Triadenum virginicum, Scirpus cyperinus, Thelypteris palustris, Toxicodendron radicans</i>, and <i>Parthenocissus quinquefolia</i>. <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. are likely present in some examples, but this type needs further investigation. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31315.CEGL006339
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: Northern Coastal Shrub Swale
  Translated: Sweetgale - Northern Bayberry Saturated Shrubland
  Scientific: Myrica gale - Morella pensylvanica Saturated Shrubland
  Code: CEGL006339