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Acer rubrum / Alnus maritima ssp. maritima Woodland | Coxe, R. 2006. Prime Hook Nation...
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Name: Acer rubrum / Alnus maritima ssp. maritima Woodland
Reference: Coxe, R. 2006. Prime Hook Nation...
Description: This community is a low-growing, partially open to open saturated woodland basin swamp that occurs alongside a freshwater creek in the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware. It is almost completely dominated by <i>Acer rubrum</i>. The substrate is peat and muck characterized by hummock-and-hollow microtopography. The edges of the community alongside the creek and the understory are dominated by <i>Alnus maritima ssp. maritima</i>. <i>Decodon verticillatus, Clethra alnifolia, Morella</i><i> pensylvanica</i>, and occasionally <i>Cephalanthus occidentalis</i> and <i>Leucothoe racemosa</i> occur as associates in the shrub layer. <i>Toxicodendron radicans</i> and <i>Smilax rotundifolia</i> are typical in the vine layer. The herbaceous layer grows densely on hummocks. Herbaceous species include <i>Osmunda regalis, Triadenum virginicum, Lobelia cardinalis, Carex seorsa, Dulichium arundinaceum</i>, and <i>Polygonum hydropiperoides</i>. The community may be successional due to ditching and may be artificially maintained by water control structures present along the stream. This community is not tidally influenced due to the damming of the associated stream. Occasional storm surges may influence this community, as it is located in close proximity to the coast. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37490.CEGL006317
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: Red Maple / Seaside Alder Woodland
  Translated: Red Maple / Seaside Alder Woodland
  Scientific: Acer rubrum / Alnus maritima ssp. maritima Woodland
  Code: CEGL006317
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.790558 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo