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Morella cerifera - Rosa palustris / Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens Shrubland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Morella cerifera - Rosa palustris / Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens Shrubland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This shrub community occurs in ecotonal sites between tidal marshes and tidal swamps in fresh to oligohaline portions of coastal rivers and embayments. It occupies soupy peats. It is a natural community, but likely has a long-term and complicated successional relationship with other (primarily marsh) communities in the landscape in which it occurs, related to hydrology and fire. <i>Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera var. cerifera)</i> and <i>Rosa palustris</i> are the characteristic dominant species, each attaining 10-25% cover. Also constant but attaining slightly less cover are species such as <i>Acer rubrum</i> and <i>Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans</i>. Other woody species include <i>Persea palustris, Magnolia virginiana, Salix caroliniana, Vaccinium formosum, Smilax walteri</i>, and saplings of <i>Fraxinus profunda, Nyssa biflora, </i><i>Acer rubrum, Pinus taeda, Taxodium distichum</i>, and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. Herbaceous composition is diverse and varied, with many species 'recruited' from adjacent marshes and swamps. <i>Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens</i> is highly characteristic and appears to reach its nodal distribution in this landscape in this community. Other important species can include <i>Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis, Leersia oryzoides, Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos, Polygonum arifolium</i>, and <i>Mikania scandens</i>. <i>Murdannia keisak</i> is an aggressive alien weed. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35865.CEGL004656
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:   Common: Wind Tidal Wax-myrtle - Willow Thicket
  Translated: Wax-myrtle - Swamp Rose / Eastern Marsh Fern Shrubland
  Scientific: Morella cerifera - Rosa palustris / Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens Shrubland
  Code: CEGL004656
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686863 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo