Name:
Cornus sericea - Salix (bebbiana, discolor, petiolaris) / Calamagrostis stricta Shrubland
Reference:
Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description:
This wet shrub meadow type is found in the northern prairie-forest border area of the midwestern United States. Stands may occur along stream courses or adjacent to lakes or in upland depressions. Soils are wet mineral, muck, or shallow peat (<0.5 m). Standing water is present in the spring and after heavy rains, but the water table draws down by mid-summer. Seepage areas may also occur. Shrub cover is at least 25% but does not become thick. Dominant species include <i>Cornus sericea, Salix bebbiana, Salix discolor, Salix petiolaris</i>, and <i>Spiraea alba</i>. Herbaceous species are typical of wet herbaceous meadows, and include the sedges <i>Carex aquatilis, Carex atherodes, Carex haydenii, Carex lacustris, Carex pellita (= Carex lanuginosa), Carex rostrata, Carex stricta</i>, or grasses <i>Calamagrostis canadensis</i> and <i>Calamagrostis stricta</i>. Forbs include <i>Asclepias incarnata, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (= Aster lanceolatus), Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (= Aster lateriflorus), Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (= Aster novae-angliae), Symphyotrichum puniceum (= Aster puniceus), Chelone glabra, Eupatorium maculatum</i>, and <i>Mentha arvensis</i>. In northern Illinois prairie meadow species may include <i>Asclepias purpurascens, Coreopsis tripteris, Gentianella quinquefolia</i>, and <i>Heliopsis helianthoides</i>.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.37069.CEGL002187
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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- status: accepted
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This Community's Level:
association
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 This Community's Children:
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Names:
Common: Dogwood - Mixed Willow Shrub Meadow
Translated: Red-osier Dogwood - (Bebb's Willow, Pussy Willow, Meadow Willow) / Slimstem Reedgrass Shrubland
Scientific: Cornus sericea - Salix (bebbiana, discolor, petiolaris) / Calamagrostis stricta Shrubland
Code: CEGL002187
UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688796
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