Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Salix sericea Shrub Swamp | NatureServe Biotics 2019
  click to update datacart
Name: Salix sericea Shrub Swamp
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This willow shrub swamp is known from the Central Appalachians of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. This vegetation, or a related type dominated by <i>Salix sericea</i>, is also known from Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. The vegetation occurs in topographic basins, floodplain backswamps, along slow-moving streams, or on lakeshores. <i>Salix sericea</i> is dominant, forming a tall-shrub canopy 2-3 m in height. Associated shrubs in the Central Appalachian region are <i>Hypericum densiflorum</i> and <i>Alnus incana ssp. rugosa</i>. The herbaceous layer is often dense and variable, including <i>Solidago rugosa, Euthamia graminifolia, Rubus hispidus, Solidago uliginosa, Polygonum sagittatum, Glyceria striata, Glyceria canadensis, Juncus effusus, Carex stipata, Carex lurida</i>, and other herbs. In West Virginia, hummocks are typically covered by <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. (<i>Sphagnum palustre, Sphagnum girgensohnii, Sphagnum affine</i> and <i>Sphagnum flexuosum</i>). For eleven plots in West Virginia, mean species richness of all vascular plants and any nonvascular plants with cover &gt;1% is 31 taxa per 400 m2. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34952-{67FAEEEB-FB7F-4CFB-9CED-CB0D1BA68322}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 13
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 07-May-2007 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.768704 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006305
  Translated: Silky Willow Shrub Swamp
  Common: Silky Willow Shrub Swamp
  Scientific: Salix sericea Shrub Swamp
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Salix sericea Shrubland