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Malus fusca Shrub Swamp | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Malus fusca Shrub Swamp
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association is currently only described from Oregon but is also reported to occur in Washington and possibly British Columbia. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. Habitat is depressions in both deciduous and coniferous forest. Several examples of this association have been observed in the field but only one plot has been sampled. All trees are peripheral to the wetlands. The most typical expression known to the author is a dense, monotypic stand of <i>Malus fusca</i> with a monotypic understory of <i>Carex obnupta</i>. Depending on hydroperiod, the understory ranges from nearly 100% cover of <i>Carex obnupta </i>to very low cover of any other vegetation because of prolonged seasonal ponding. The plot reported here also contains <i>Salix geyeriana</i> and <i>Spiraea douglasii</i>. The association may have been more widespread historically, as large expanses of swamp vegetation once occurred in the northern Willamette and Tualatin valleys. These wetlands have not been sampled adequately. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32267-{5F00B553-5DA6-4C65-AFC4-38F9125E9DD7}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 10-Jun-2006 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684487 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003385
  Translated: Oregon Crabapple Shrub Swamp
  Scientific: Malus fusca Shrub Swamp
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL003385
(similar) Malus fusca Shrubland
(similar) Malus fusca Shrubland