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Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda - Myrica gale Rich Shore Fen Shrubland | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda - Myrica gale Rich Shore Fen Shrubland
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Description: This community is typically found on marly coastal sites in northern Lake Michigan and Lake Huron in the United States and possibly Canada. These sites occupy embayments of open, sandy shorelines where limestone bedrock or cobble is at or near the surface. These sites have calcareous soils (with a pH as high as 8.2), resulting either from calcareous substrates, waterflow off adjacent limestone bedrock or limestone-rich till, or algal precipitation of calcium carbonate in the relatively warm, carbonate-saturated waters. These 'marly flats' contain a rich assemblage of calciphilic plants. Short shrubs dominate parts of these areas. Typical dominants include <i>Myrica gale</i> and <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda)</i>, generally over 60% (?). <i>Larix laricina</i> and <i>Salix pedicellaris</i> are often present. The herbaceous layer is variable in cover and composition, sometimes shaded out by the heavy shrub cover. Species include <i>Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex viridula, Carex lasiocarpa</i>, and <i>Cladium mariscoides</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37056.CEGL005275
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: Shrubby-cinquefoil - Sweetgale Rich Shore Fen
  Translated: Shrubby-cinquefoil - Sweetgale Rich Shore Fen Shrubland
  Scientific: Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda - Myrica gale Rich Shore Fen Shrubland
  Code: CEGL005275
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686836 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo