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Juniperus virginiana / Betula pumila / Carex sterilis - Oligoneuron rigidum Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Juniperus virginiana / Betula pumila / Carex sterilis - Oligoneuron rigidum Fen
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This extraordinarily rich fen community, known locally as "prairie fen," is restricted to one known occurrence in New Jersey, with a potential for up to four additional sites. It is found on gently sloping seepage areas with minerotrophic and alkaline groundwater flowing through shallow marly peat on glacial deposits over calcareous bedrock (Franklin Marble and Allentown Dolomite). Hydrologically the fen is very wet in winter and spring but droughty during the summer and autumn as local aquifer water levels drop in the small-scale karst landscape. The vegetation is characterized by a matrix of shrub thickets with graminoid-dominated openings. <i>Juniperus virginiana</i>, a typically upland species, occurs as large, mature, spreading individuals widely scattered in the shrub thickets and herbaceous openings. An associated tree species is <i>Acer rubrum</i>. Characteristic shrub species include <i>Betula pumila var. pumila, Cornus amomum, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Rhamnus alnifolia, Salix x bebbii, Salix petiolaris, Toxicodendron vernix</i>, and <i>Viburnum opulus var. americanum</i>. The herbaceous layer is a diverse mix of graminoids and forbs. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35011-{D895239A-2855-464E-85A8-4D2F5A28E87D}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 19-Jan-2006 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685318 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006367
  Translated: Eastern Red-cedar / Bog Birch / Dioecious Sedge - Stiff Goldenrod Fen
  Common: New Jersey Prairie Fen
  Scientific: Juniperus virginiana / Betula pumila / Carex sterilis - Oligoneuron rigidum Fen
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL006367
(similar) Juniperus virginiana / Betula pumila / Carex sterilis - Oligoneuron rigidum Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Juniperus virginiana / Betula pumila / Carex sterilis - Oligoneuron rigidum Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation