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Betula pumila - Salix candida / Carex lasiocarpa - Symphyotrichum boreale Prairie Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Betula pumila - Salix candida / Carex lasiocarpa - Symphyotrichum boreale Prairie Fen
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
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, 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: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31098-{E6DA2FEA-8128-4B92-906F-2D8802639F7D}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 28-Jun-2013 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686868 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002189
  Translated: Bog Birch - Willow species / Woolly-fruit Sedge - Northern Bog Aster Prairie Fen
  Common: Bog Birch - Willow Prairie Fen
  Scientific: Betula pumila - Salix candida / Carex lasiocarpa - Symphyotrichum boreale Prairie Fen
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Betula pumila - Salix spp. Prairie Fen Shrubland
(similar) CEGL002189
(similar) Betula pumila - Salix candida / Carex lasiocarpa - Symphyotrichum boreale Prairie Fen Shrubland