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Osmunda cinnamomea / Vaccinium macrocarpon Wet Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Osmunda cinnamomea / Vaccinium macrocarpon Wet Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This boggy wetland of southern New England occurs in isolated groundwater basins on moderately deep peat. It is documented from Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The dominant species is <i>Osmunda cinnamomea</i>. Scattered or patchy <i>Morella pensylvanica</i> is common, and an "understory "of <i>Vaccinium macrocarpon</i> and <i>Sphagnum</i> mosses is characteristic. The absence of <i>Chamaedaphne calyculata</i> is striking. Other shrub associates may include <i>Clethra alnifolia, Aronia arbutifolia</i>, or <i>Kalmia angustifolia</i>. Other herbaceous associates include <i>Woodwardia virginica, Onoclea sensibilis, Triadenum virginicum, Euthamia graminifolia, Lycopus uniflorus, Rubus hispidus, Eriophorum virginicum</i>, and <i>Lysimachia terrestris</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35097-{7D5121B8-8B38-4C6B-80E8-954619C822FB}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 25-Jan-2011 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.858389 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006456
  Translated: Cinnamon Fern / Cranberry Wet Meadow
  Scientific: Osmunda cinnamomea / Vaccinium macrocarpon Wet Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Osmunda cinnamomea / Vaccinium macrocarpon Herbaceous Vegetation