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Cladium mariscoides - Carex cryptolepis - Rhynchospora alba - Juncus canadensis Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Cladium mariscoides - Carex cryptolepis - Rhynchospora alba - Juncus canadensis Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This community is found in northwestern Ohio and possibly in northeastern Indiana and Ontario, where it is found on mineral/peaty soils, and in a disjunct stand in New Jersey. Stands contain <i>Cladium mariscoides, Carex cryptolepis, Juncus canadensis, Rhynchospora alba</i>. Further characterization is needed. Few sites are known, the largest from Springville Marsh (in Seneca County near the border with Wyandot) is fairly degraded. It was thought to have been a complex of fen, wet meadow and tallgrass prairie, and was over 30 miles long and a few miles wide. Currently, there are at least 8-10 small meadow/fen openings. They are under serious threat from invasive species such as <i>Typha angustifolia</i>, and from woody species such as <i>Cornus amomum</i>. The site may also suffer from a drop in water table due to adjacent agriculture. The New Jersey site occurs in a lake basin and is characterized by <i>Cladium mariscoides, Schoenoplectus acutus, Thelypteris palustris, Proserpinaca palustris</i>, and <i>Juncus canadensis</i>, with low cover of other herbs, including <i>Carex cryptolepis, Eleocharis elliptica, Lobelia kalmii</i>, and others. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36966.CEGL005103
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: Provisional
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Twig-rush Fen
  Translated: Smooth Sawgrass - Northeastern Sedge - White Beaksedge - Canadian Rush Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Cladium mariscoides - Carex cryptolepis - Rhynchospora alba - Juncus canadensis Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL005103
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686810 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo