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Appalachian-Northeast Wet Meadow & Shrub Swamp Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Appalachian-Northeast Wet Meadow & Shrub Swamp Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This group is found in the Laurentian region of the Great Lakes and the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada north from West Virginia. It is characterized by wet-mesic to wet sites and can be dominated by a variety of graminoids and forbs. Common abundant species include the graminoids <i>Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex lacustris, Carex stricta, Carex vesicaria, Carex utriculata, Glyceria striata, Leersia oryzoides</i>, and <i>Scirpus cyperinus</i>. Forbs that may be common or dominant include <i>Boltonia asteroides var. asteroides, Eutrochium fistulosum, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Impatiens capensis, Impatiens pallida, Mentha arvensis, Sagittaria latifolia, Solidago canadensis, Solidago rugosa, Symphyotrichum racemosum</i>, and <i>Verbesina alternifolia</i>. Sites are found in basins or along slow-moving rivers and streams and are flooded or saturated for at least some of the growing season but rarely more than 0.3 m deep. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40434-{F15A79AB-3204-46D2-B3FA-373387BC57C0}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 19-May-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1093866 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G903
  Scientific: Appalachian-Northeast Wet Meadow & Shrub Swamp Group