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CEGL005088 Cornus sericea - Cornus amomum - Aronia melanocarpa - Viburnum lentago Fen
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Red-osier Dogwood - Silky Dogwood - Black Chokeberry - Nannyberry Fen
Colloquial Name: Allegheny Tall Shrub Rich Fen
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This tall-shrub rich fen community type is found in northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, particularly in the Allegheny region and probably elsewhere in the eastern Great Lakes area of the northeastern United States. Stands are found on moraines, especially where gravels permit calcareous seepage, and occur both in lake basins and stream valleys. Soils are organic, with strongly to weakly minerotrophic woody, saturated peat. Shrubs dominant the stands, with over 50% cover, including both tall (>1 m) and short shrubs (<1 m). Tall shrubs include Alnus incana, Aronia melanocarpa, Betula pumila, Cornus amomum, Cornus sericea, Salix candida, Salix serissima, and Viburnum lentago. Low shrubs include Lonicera oblongifolia, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Rhamnus alnifolia, and Toxicodendron vernix. More nutrient-poor stands may contain Chamaedaphne calyculata, Gaylussacia baccata, Ilex verticillata and Vaccinium corymbosum. Trees, such as Acer rubrum or Larix laricina, may be present as saplings or stunted trees. Characteristic herbs include the graminoids Carex aquatilis, Carex lacustris, Carex lasiocarpa, and Schoenoplectus acutus, and forbs and ferns, such as Iris versicolor, Osmunda regalis, Sarracenia purpurea, and Thelypteris palustris. Characteristic mosses include Campylium stellatum and Sphagnum warnstorfii, though Sphagnum cover varies from absent to patchy.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This type appears to have a pH that varies from circumneutral to rich. Further work is needed to determine if this variability is too broad (see Ohio stands in particular). Characteristic ground layer species need to be determined. Salix candida and Salix serissima are associates, as well as Toxicodendron vernix. The more nutrient-poor (tall shrub bog) stands are probably best placed in the Highbush Blueberry Bog type, ~Vaccinium corymbosum - Gaylussacia baccata - Aronia melanocarpa / Calla palustris Acidic Peatland (CEGL005085)$$. This type is the tall-shrub fen equivalent of ~Dasiphora fruticosa / Carex interior - Carex flava - Sarracenia purpurea Fen (CEGL005140)$$. Both of these types are derived from northeastern Ohio studies [see Anderson (1996)], but are poorly understood rangewide. Ohio treats the short-shrub and tall-shrub components as zones within their northeastern (boreal transition) fens (Schneider and Cochrane 1997).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Stands of this type are dominated by shrubs, with over 50% cover, including both tall (>1 m) and short shrubs (<1 m). Tall shrubs include Alnus incana, Aronia melanocarpa, Betula pumila, Cornus amomum, Cornus sericea, Salix candida, Salix serissima, and Viburnum lentago. Low shrubs include Lonicera oblongifolia, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda), Rhamnus alnifolia, and Toxicodendron vernix. More nutrient-poor stands may contain Chamaedaphne calyculata, Gaylussacia baccata, Ilex verticillata, and Vaccinium corymbosum. Trees, such as Acer rubrum or Larix laricina, may be present as saplings or stunted trees. Characteristic herbs include the graminoids Carex aquatilis, Carex lacustris, Carex lasiocarpa, and Schoenoplectus acutus (= Scirpus acutus), and forbs and ferns, such as Iris versicolor, Osmunda regalis, Sarracenia purpurea, and Thelypteris palustris. Characteristic mosses include Campylium stellatum and Sphagnum warnstorfii, though Sphagnum cover varies from absent to patchy (Reschke 1990, Anderson 1996).
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: Stands of this type are found on moraines, especially where gravels permit calcareous seepage, and occur both in lake basins and stream valleys. Soils are organic, with strongly to weakly minerotrophic woody, saturated peat (Anderson 1996, Reschke 1990).
Geographic Range: This tall-shrub fen community type is found in northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, particularly in the Allegheny region and probably elsewhere in the eastern Great Lakes area of the northeastern United States.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NY, OH, PA
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2Q
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.C Shrub & Herb Wetland Subclass | S44 | 2.C |
| Formation | 2.C.2 Temperate to Polar Bog & Fen Formation | F016 | 2.C.2 |
| Division | 2.C.2.Na North American Bog & Fen Division | D029 | 2.C.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.2.Na.2 Shrubby cinquefoil - Woolly-fruit Sedge / Star Campylium Moss Alkaline Fen Macrogroup | M877 | 2.C.2.Na.2 |
| Group | 2.C.2.Na.2.f North-Central Interior & Appalachian Alkaline Fen Group | G805 | 2.C.2.Na.2.f |
| Alliance | A4479 <i>Dasiphora fruticosa - Carex flava - Carex tetanica</i> Alkaline Fen Alliance | A4479 | 2.C.2.Na.2.f |
| Association | CEGL005088 Red-osier Dogwood - Silky Dogwood - Black Chokeberry - Nannyberry Fen | CEGL005088 | 2.C.2.Na.2.f |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Cornus sericea - Cornus amomum - Photinia melanocarpa - Viburnum lentago Fen Shrubland (Faber-Langendoen 2001)
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