Name:
Chrysosplenium americanum Seepage Meadow
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This type, which occurs throughout the northeastern United States and possibly adjacent Canada, includes small herbaceous seepage areas with scattered cover of forbs. Herbs are strongly dominant and tend to be relatively diverse, especially where there is greater enrichment. Characteristic species can include <i>Chrysosplenium americanum, Cardamine bulbosa, Circaea alpina, Viola cucullata, Chelone glabra, Glyceria melicaria, Glyceria striata, Cinna arundinacea, Impatiens capensis, Poa paludigena, Carex scabrata, Mimulus ringens, Symplocarpus foetidus, Pilea pumila, Galium triflorum, Saxifraga pensylvanica, Thelypteris noveboracensis, Veratrum viride, Hydrocotyle americana, Onoclea sensibilis, Laportea canadensis, Arisaema triphyllum, Tiarella cordifolia, Carex gynandra, Geum rivale</i>, and the mosses <i>Rhizomnium punctatum, Rhizomnium appalachianum, Brachythecium rivulare, Thuidium delicatulum, Steerecleus serrulatus</i>, and <i>Bryhnia novae-angliae</i>. Typically the community is over-topped by trees and shrubs from the surrounding forest, although large examples will be open.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34840-{A6A68DA3-F45C-4080-A800-F1EA39508619}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
12
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