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Morella (cerifera, pensylvanica) - Vaccinium corymbosum Wet Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Morella (cerifera, pensylvanica) - Vaccinium corymbosum Wet Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This shrub bog community of Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey occurs in interdunal depressions of barrier island dunes. This community is a relatively open, short-statured shrub wetland with a thin veneer of peat. The two most characteristic shrubs are <i>Morella cerifera</i> and <i>Vaccinium corymbosum</i>; <i>Morella pensylvanica</i> replaces <i>Morella cerifera</i> in the northern part of the range. <i>Rosa palustris</i> and <i>Ilex glabra</i> also frequently occur. <i>Panicum virgatum, Andropogon glomeratus</i>, and other grasses are common. Other herbs include <i>Juncus canadensis, Juncus scirpoides, Juncus dichotomus, Pluchea foetida, Triadenum virginicum, Drosera intermedia, Lycopodiella appressa, Xyris torta</i>, and <i>Osmunda regalis</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32763-{CA30B5BF-FAA6-4C32-BE7A-A5D0F79DDE11}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 02-Aug-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687669 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003906
  Translated: (Wax-myrtle, Northern Bayberry) - Highbush Blueberry Wet Shrubland
  Common: Barrier Island Shrub Bog
  Scientific: Morella (cerifera, pensylvanica) - Vaccinium corymbosum Wet Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Morella cerifera - Vaccinium corymbosum Shrubland
(similar) CEGL003906
(similar) Morella cerifera - Vaccinium corymbosum Shrubland