Name:
Dasiphora fruticosa / Carex sterilis - Andropogon gerardii - Arnoglossum plantagineum Fen
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This rich fen community is found in the upper midwestern United States and adjacent Canada on level to sloping seepage areas. Sites are minerotrophic and alkaline, with groundwater flowing through shallow peats and marls on glacial deposits. Graminoids dominate, though forbs and dwarf-shrubs can be prominent. Shrub swamps or tall-shrub fens often surround the core fen area. Diagnostic species include the prairie grasses <i>Andropogon gerardii</i> and <i>Spartina pectinata</i>, prairie forbs, such as <i>Arnoglossum plantagineum, Filipendula rubra, Liatris spicata, Silphium terebinthinaceum</i> (more eastern), <i>Oligoneuron ohioense</i>, and the sedges <i>Carex aquatilis, Carex haydenii, Carex hystericina, Carex leptalea, Carex sterilis</i>, and <i>Carex stricta</i>. Other characteristic species include <i>Doellingeria umbellata, Eutrochium maculatum, Gentianopsis virgata, Lobelia kalmii, Lysimachia quadriflora, Muhlenbergia glomerata, Oxypolis rigidior, Pedicularis lanceolata, Pycnanthemum virginianum, Thalictrum dasycarpum</i>, and <i>Thelypteris palustris</i>. The most characteristic shrubs of this type are <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda</i> and <i>Salix candida</i>, but <i>Cornus foemina, Cornus sericea</i>, and <i>Salix discolor</i> can also be found. Open areas around spring discharges are often sparsely vegetated, and contain <i>Cladium mariscoides, Eleocharis elliptica, Eleocharis rostellata, Schoenoplectus acutus, Lobelia kalmii, Parnassia glauca</i>, and <i>Rhynchospora capillacea</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33904-{4D10F55C-EFD6-4EB5-B3F8-9DED1A470F17}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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