Name:
Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Carex interior - Carex flava - Sarracenia purpurea Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference:
Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description:
This rich fen community is found in areas near the eastern Great Lakes, including the Allegheny region of the United States and elsewhere in adjacent Canada. Stands occur on level to sloping seepage areas. Sites are minerotrophic and alkaline to circumneutral in character, with groundwater flowing through shallow peats and marls on glacial deposits. Graminoids dominate, though forbs and dwarf-shrubs can be prominent. A tall-shrub layer swamp often surrounds the core fen area. Typical graminoids include the sedges <i>Carex aquatilis, Carex flava, Carex interior, Carex leptalea, Carex lacustris, Carex hystericina, Carex sterilis</i>, and <i>Carex stricta</i>, as well as <i>Cladium mariscoides, Eleocharis rostellata, Eriophorum viridicarinatum</i>. Other herbaceous species include <i>Symphyotrichum puniceum (= Aster puniceus), Doellingeria umbellata (= Aster umbellatus), Cypripedium reginae, Muhlenbergia glomerata, Oxypolis rigidior, Platanthera dilatata, Pycnanthemum virginianum, Solidago patula, Solidago uliginosa, Thalictrum dasycarpum</i>, and <i>Thelypteris palustris</i>. Shrubs most characteristic of this type include <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda)</i> and <i>Rhamnus alnifolia</i>, but <i>Photinia melanocarpa (= Aronia melanocarpa), Alnus incana, Cornus amomum, Cornus foemina, Salix candida, Salix sericea</i>, and <i>Viburnum lentago</i> can also be found. A moss layer is commonly well-developed, and may or may not contain species of <i>Sphagnum</i>. The open marl area is often sparsely vegetated, but can contain <i>Chara</i> spp., <i>Juncus brachycephalus, Lobelia kalmii, Parnassia glauca, Rhynchospora capillacea, Sarracenia purpurea, Triglochin maritima</i>, and <i>Triglochin palustris</i>.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.36998.CEGL005140
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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