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Salix petiolaris - (Betula pumila) / Spartina pectinata - Carex pellita Shrubland | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Salix petiolaris - (Betula pumila) / Spartina pectinata - Carex pellita Shrubland Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This wet brush prairie community type is found in the aspen parkland region of the upper midwestern United States and Canada, particularly in western Minnesota and southeastern Manitoba. Stands occur on level, poorly drained sites. Soils range in texture from loamy fine sand to sandy clay loam, and are often calcareous. Some stands contain seepage zones. The vegetation consists of clumps or thickets of low shrubs in a graminoid matrix of wet prairie vegetation. Some of the more important grasses include <i>Spartina pectinata, Calamagrostis stricta, Calamagrostis canadensis, Andropogon gerardii</i>, and <i>Muhlenbergia richardsonis</i>. Other grasses that may be present include <i>Elymus trachycaulus (= Agropyron trachycaulum), Deschampsia caespitosa, Panicum virgatum, Poa palustris</i>, and <i>Sporobolus heterolepis</i>. Common sedges include <i>Carex buxbaumii, Carex pellita (= Carex lanuginosa), Carex sartwellii</i>, and <i>Carex tetanica</i>. Forbs are moderately abundant and are typical of wet prairie. Shrubs include <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda), Salix discolor</i> and <i>Salix petiolaris (= Salix gracilis)</i>. <i>Betula pumila</i> and <i>Spiraea alba</i> are common on some sites. These sites can also contain scattered saplings, or even groves, of <i>Populus tremuloides</i> and <i>Populus balsamifera</i>.  Accession Code: VB.CC.36715.CEGL002434 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: Willow Wet Brush Prairie   Translated: Meadow Willow - (Bog Birch) / Prairie Cordgrass - Woolly Sedge Shrubland   Scientific: Salix petiolaris - (Betula pumila) / Spartina pectinata - Carex pellita Shrubland   Code: CEGL002434   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689348 NatureServe Explorer