Name:
Cornus amomum - Salix candida / Dasiphora fruticosa / Carex stricta Fen
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This calcareous fen shrubland occurs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York and is characterized by hummocky microtopography and dense patches of shrubs with small interspersed graminoid openings. A portion of the water budget is composed of strongly minerotrophic seepage water. Substrate is typically woody peat. Shrubs such as <i>Cornus amomum, Cornus sericea</i>, and <i>Salix</i> spp. (<i>Salix candida, Salix petiolaris, Salix serissima</i>, and <i>Salix discolor</i>) are dominant and very characteristic of this association. Other shrubs include <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Alnus incana, Toxicodendron vernix, Myrica gale</i>, and <i>Viburnum dentatum</i>. <i>Carex stricta</i> is a characteristic sedge; other herbaceous associates include <i>Carex aquatilis, Eutrochium maculatum, Solidago patula, Solidago uliginosa, Spiranthes cernua, Trollius laxus, Thelypteris palustris, Muhlenbergia glomerata, Parnassia glauca, Drosera rotundifolia, Carex lacustris, Ludwigia palustris, Equisetum fluviatile</i>, and <i>Deschampsia cespitosa</i>. <i>Juniperus virginiana</i> occurs as scattered individuals and is characteristic of this association in New Jersey.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35004-{13BC7195-9C0D-40D8-8C32-3D1ADD8A1483}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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