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Alnus serrulata - Physocarpus opulifolius Wet Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Alnus serrulata - Physocarpus opulifolius Wet Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community is a floodplain alder thicket of the Central Appalachians, High Alleghenies and Western Allegheny Plateau regions. In the Central Appalachians, these are shrub thickets dominated by <i>Alnus serrulata</i> along rivers and streams on rocky shoals and gravel bars. This shrub thicket of the Western Allegheny Plateau occurs on circumneutral to somewhat calcareous substrates. Soils are generally mineral with a thin organic layer. The vegetation typically occurs in a variety of environmental settings, including upland edge of marshes, adjacent to red maple wetlands, small upland depressions, and at the base of slopes. The canopy is characterized by <i>Alnus serrulata</i> and <i>Physocarpus opulifolius</i>, the latter generally contributing less cover in relation to <i>Alnus</i>. Woody associates include <i>Salix</i> spp., <i>Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis, Cornus amomum, Rhododendron viscosum, Decodon verticillatus, Cephalanthus occidentalis</i>, or <i>Ilex verticillata</i>. Herbaceous species may include <i>Osmunda regalis, Thelypteris palustris, Typha latifolia, Peltandra virginica</i>, or <i>Carex stricta</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34898-{530E7B26-8D4B-43CB-91BA-E8614ED53237}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 13
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 23-Feb-2006 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689144 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006251
  Translated: Hazel Alder - Common Ninebark Wet Shrubland
  Common: Allegheny Floodplain Alder Thicket
  Scientific: Alnus serrulata - Physocarpus opulifolius Wet Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Alnus serrulata - Physocarpus opulifolius Shrubland
(similar) CEGL006251
(similar) Alnus serrulata - Physocarpus opulifolius Shrubland