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CEGL006414 Cornus amomum - Alnus serrulata Shrub Swamp

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Silky Dogwood - Hazel Alder Shrub Swamp

Colloquial Name: Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Alder Swamp

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This Atlantic Coastal Plain alluvial shrubland occurs in the Chesapeake Bay Lowlands on the non-tidal portions of rivers and non-tidal bay mouths. The shrub canopy is characterized by Cornus amomum with other associates including Alnus serrulata, Cephalanthus occidentalis and Viburnum spp., as well as saplings of Acer rubrum, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, and Salix nigra. Herbaceous associates include Osmunda regalis, Decodon verticillatus, Utricularia spp., Limnobium spongia, and Cicuta bulbifera.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: This Coastal Plain alluvial shrubland occurs in the Chesapeake Bay Lowlands.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  DE, MD, NJ, NY




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: GNR

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: No Data Available

Concept Author(s): Chesapeake Bay Ecology Group

Author of Description: Chesapeake Bay Ecology Group

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 11-15-00

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