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Betula pumila - Salix candida / Carex lasiocarpa - Symphyotrichum boreale Prairie Fen Shrubland | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Betula pumila - Salix candida / Carex lasiocarpa - Symphyotrichum boreale Prairie Fen Shrubland
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This community type is found in the northern tallgrass prairie and adjacent prairie-forest border regions of the upper midwestern United States, where surface waters are circumneutral to somewhat alkaline and have moderate nutrient levels. Groundwater discharge is not typically present. It is typically found on relatively shallow peat, overlying mineral soil. This community has a variable 0 -55% shrub cover, abundant herbaceous species, and sparse to abundant mosses. The most abundant shrub species are <i>Betula pumila, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda), Salix petiolaris</i>, and <i>Salix candida</i>. Common herbaceous species include graminoids <i>Calamagrostis canadensis, Calamagrostis stricta, Carex aquatilis, Carex lasiocarpa, Eriophorum angustifolium</i>, and forbs <i>Euthamia graminifolia, Lobelia kalmii, Lycopus uniflorus, Symphyotrichum boreale</i>, and <i>Triadenum fraseri</i>. Where mosses are present, they are dominated by species other than <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37049.CEGL002189
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: Bog Birch - Willow Prairie Fen
  Translated: Bog Birch - Willow species / Woolly-fruit Sedge - Northern Bog Aster Prairie Fen Shrubland
  Scientific: Betula pumila - Salix candida / Carex lasiocarpa - Symphyotrichum boreale Prairie Fen Shrubland
  Code: CEGL002189
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686868 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo