Name:
Dasiphora fruticosa / Carex (sterilis, hystericina, flava) Fen
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
Spring-fed herbaceous vegetation occurring on shallow peat and irrigated by base rich surface discharge or groundwater. Occurrences are generally small, local and restricted to a rather particular set of conditions. They are often on gentle slopes and in headwater positions. The community comprises a well-developed, very diverse herbaceous layer dominated by short cespitose sedges (<i>Carex hystericina, Carex leptalea, Carex interior, Carex flava, Carex sterilis</i>) and grasses such as <i>Muhlenbergia glomerata, Glyceria striata</i> and <i>Bromus kalmii</i> are common. Other characteristic herbs include <i>Packera aurea, Parnassia glauca, Solidago patula, Solidago uliginosa, Geum rivale, Equisetum</i> spp., <i>Spiranthes romanzoffiana, Symplocarpus foetidus, Drosera rotundifolia, Iris versicolor, Lobelia kalmii, Lycopus uniflorus, Thelypteris palustris</i>, and <i>Thalictrum pubescens</i>. Many additional associated wetland species also occur. The bryophyte layer is well-developed and composed of bulky "brown" mosses (<i>Campylium stellatum, Limprichtia revolvens, Calliergonella cuspidata, Aulacomnium palustre, Climacium</i> spp., <i>Tomentypnum nitens, Philonotis fontana, Bryum pseudotriquetrum, Scorpidium scorpioides</i>). Shrubs are variable in cover and generally include <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Rhamnus alnifolia</i>, and <i>Salix</i> spp.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34972-{66CFCF21-BFB7-48B0-B589-80876C001CD4}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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