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Myrica gale - Morella pensylvanica Wet Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Myrica gale - Morella pensylvanica Wet Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association comprises freshwater swales along the north Atlantic Coast dominated by shrubs. It occurs in depressions behind primary or secondary dunes where the water table intersects the soil surface for part of the growing season. It occurs less commonly on slow-moving rivers of outwash deposits. Substrate is sand with or without peat development. This interdunal swale is dominated by a variety of shrubs such as <i>Morella pensylvanica, Myrica gale, Aronia x prunifolia, Ilex verticillata, Vaccinium corymbosum, Spiraea tomentosa, Spiraea alba var. latifolia, Viburnum recognitum, Lyonia ligustrina</i>, and occasionally <i>Alnus</i> spp. and <i>Salix</i> spp. Herbaceous species tend to occur in openings and include <i>Triadenum virginicum, Scirpus cyperinus, Thelypteris palustris, Toxicodendron radicans</i>, and <i>Parthenocissus quinquefolia</i>. <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. are likely present in some examples, but this type needs further investigation. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34985-{3C3A6B6D-359D-483C-BDA4-BC5E9A00C726}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 09-May-2007 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689877 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006339
  Translated: Sweetgale - Northern Bayberry Wet Shrubland
  Common: Northern Coastal Shrub Swale
  Scientific: Myrica gale - Morella pensylvanica Wet Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL006339
(similar) Myrica gale - Morella pensylvanica Saturated Shrubland
(similar) Myrica gale - Morella pensylvanica Saturated Shrubland