Name:
Cladium mariscoides - Eriocaulon decangulare - Eriophorum virginicum Fen
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This unique community occurs in isolated patches on the western shore of Delaware Bay on deep, mucky peat that forms in open-water depressions, impoundments, and seeps within a shrub-dominated swamp matrix. A relatively thick <i>Sphagnum</i> layer is characteristic of this community. <i>Cladium mariscoides</i> is the dominant herb. Associate herbaceous plant species include <i>Eriocaulon decangulare, Andropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior, Eriophorum virginicum, Bidens coronata, Sagittaria engelmanniana, Sagittaria latifolia, Rhynchospora alba, Spiranthes cernua, Eleocharis robbinsii, Dulichium arundinaceum, Lycopus amplectens, Bartonia paniculata, Woodwardia areolata, Bidens mitis, Juncus pelocarpus, Pogonia ophioglossoides</i>, and <i>Fuirena squarrosa</i>. Several insectivorous plants are also present within this community: <i>Sarracenia purpurea, Drosera rotundifolia, Drosera intermedia, Utricularia striata</i>, and <i>Utricularia juncea</i>. Scattered shrubs, including <i>Smilax walteri, Smilax laurifolia, Clethra alnifolia, Alnus maritima</i>, and <i>Vaccinium corymbosum</i>, are present along the edges of the peat mat community along with occasional <i>Acer rubrum</i> seedlings and saplings.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35106-{9A3C2231-6A5F-4085-985F-B92A8BFA7351}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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