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Dasiphora fruticosa - Myrica gale Shore Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Dasiphora fruticosa - Myrica gale Shore Fen
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community is typically found on marly coastal sites in northern Lake Michigan and Lake Huron in the United States and possibly Canada. These sites occupy embayments of open, sandy shorelines where limestone bedrock or cobble is at or near the surface. These sites have calcareous soils (with a pH as high as 8.2), resulting either from calcareous substrates, waterflow off adjacent limestone bedrock or limestone-rich till, or algal precipitation of calcium carbonate in the relatively warm, carbonate-saturated waters. These 'marly flats' contain a rich assemblage of calciphilic plants. Short shrubs dominate parts of these areas. Typical dominants include <i>Myrica gale</i> and <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda</i>, generally over 60% (?). <i>Larix laricina</i> and <i>Salix pedicellaris</i> are often present. The herbaceous layer is variable in cover and composition, sometimes shaded out by the heavy shrub cover. Species include <i>Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex viridula, Carex lasiocarpa</i>, and <i>Cladium mariscoides</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34038-{84719B65-9C44-40AC-8F00-E9AF5737A696}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 12-Apr-2000 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686836 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005275
  Translated: Shrubby-cinquefoil - Sweetgale Shore Fen
  Common: Shrubby-cinquefoil - Sweetgale Rich Shore Fen
  Scientific: Dasiphora fruticosa - Myrica gale Shore Fen
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL005275
(similar) Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda - Myrica gale Rich Shore Fen Shrubland
(similar) Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda - Myrica gale Rich Shore Fen Shrubland