Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Myrica gale / Carex (aquatilis var. dives, utriculata) Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
  click to update datacart
Name: Myrica gale / Carex (aquatilis var. dives, utriculata) Fen
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: According to Christy (2004), trees are absent in this fen association, and the shrub layer is composed primarily of <i>Myrica gale</i> from 60 to 120 cm (2-4 feet tall) with cover up to 95%. The single montane plot reported from northwestern Oregon also contains <i>Spiraea douglasii</i> and <i>Betula glandulosa</i>, but coastal expressions would not contain <i>Betula</i>. The herb layer here contains <i>Carex aquatilis var. dives</i> in both coastal and montane sites, and the moss layer may contain <i>Sphagnum</i>. <i>Myrica gale</i> fixes atmospheric nitrogen and is an important source of this element in mires. It appears to favor edges of pools and former ditches that have infilled with poorly consolidated peat, where water movement and nutrient status may be greater than in other peatland situations. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32258-{BADDA33F-A167-47C8-B7D2-A459551EA70D}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 10-Jun-2006 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688377 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003376
  Translated: Sweetgale - (Sitka Sedge, Northwest Territory Sedge) Fen
  Scientific: Myrica gale / Carex (aquatilis var. dives, utriculata) Fen
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Myrica gale / Carex (aquatilis var. dives, utriculata) Shrubland
(similar) Myrica gale / Carex (aquatilis var. dives, utriculata) Shrubland