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Cladium mariscoides - Carex cryptolepis - Rhynchospora alba - Juncus canadensis Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Cladium mariscoides - Carex cryptolepis - Rhynchospora alba - Juncus canadensis Fen Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This community is found in northwestern Ohio and possibly in northeastern Indiana and Ontario, where it is found on mineral/peaty soils, and in a disjunct stand in New Jersey. Stands contain <i>Cladium mariscoides, Carex cryptolepis, Juncus canadensis</i>, and <i>Rhynchospora alba</i>. Further characterization is needed. Few sites are known, the largest from Springville Marsh (in Seneca County near the border with Wyandot) is fairly degraded. It was thought to have been a complex of fen, wet meadow and tallgrass prairie, and was over 30 miles long and a few miles wide. Currently, there are at least 8-10 small meadow/fen openings. They are under serious threat from invasive species such as <i>Typha angustifolia</i>, and from woody species such as <i>Cornus amomum</i>. The site may also suffer from a drop in water table due to adjacent agriculture. The New Jersey site occurs in a lake basin and is characterized by <i>Cladium mariscoides, Schoenoplectus acutus, Thelypteris palustris, Proserpinaca palustris</i>, and <i>Juncus canadensis</i>, with low cover of other herbs, including <i>Carex cryptolepis, Eleocharis elliptica, Lobelia kalmii</i>, and others.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33868-{47A643EE-1606-4EBD-9420-B4765D8FB04F} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 2
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 25-Feb-2010 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Dasiphora fruticosa / Oligoneuron riddellii - Andropogon gerardii Graminoid Fen Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686810 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL005103   Translated: Smooth Sawgrass - Northeastern Sedge - White Beaksedge - Canadian Rush Fen   Common: Smooth Sawgrass Fen   Scientific: Cladium mariscoides - Carex cryptolepis - Rhynchospora alba - Juncus canadensis Fen (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Cladium mariscoides - Carex cryptolepis - Rhynchospora alba - Juncus canadensis Herbaceous Vegetation