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Deschampsia cespitosa - Claytonia virginica var. hammondiae Seepage Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Deschampsia cespitosa - Claytonia virginica var. hammondiae Seepage Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This forb-dominated acidic seepage wetland community is known from a single location on the Kittatinny Mountains of northern New Jersey where seepage water is diverted to the surface by a clay fragipan. The pH ranges from 4.5-4.7. The vegetation is dominated by <i>Deschampsia cespitosa, Carex bromoides, Carex atlantica ssp. atlantica</i>, and <i>Claytonia virginica var. hammondiae</i>. Other less frequent associates include <i>Symplocarpus foetidus, Osmunda cinnamomea, Maianthemum canadense, Viola cucullata, Kalmia angustifolia, Coptis trifolia</i>, and <i>Solidago puberula</i>. A bryophyte layer dominated by <i>Sphagnum</i> species included the following species: <i>Sphagnum bartlettianum, Sphagnum henryense, Sphagnum palustre</i>, and <i>Sphagnum recurvum</i>. <i>Cerastium biebersteinii</i>, an exotic of European origin, also occurs in this vegetation. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34749-{2D42EC28-1269-4552-8D6A-B9CCD6239E08}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 2
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 22-Jun-2006 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687806 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006101
  Translated: Tufted Hairgrass - Hammond's Springbeauty Seepage Meadow
  Common: Kittatinny Acidic Seep
  Scientific: Deschampsia cespitosa - Claytonia virginica var. hammondiae Seepage Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL006101
(similar) Deschampsia caespitosa - Claytonia virginica var. hammondiae Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Deschampsia caespitosa - Symplocarpus foetidus Herbaceous Vegetation