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CEGL004252 Alnus serrulata / Sanguisorba canadensis - Calamagrostis canadensis Seepage Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Hazel Alder / Canadian Burnet - Bluejoint Seepage Shrubland
Colloquial Name: Southern Appalachian Ultramafic Fen (Tall Herb Type)
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This is a mafic marsh. Other species include Cornus amomum. More information to be provided by VDNH. This is a tall shrubland (denser than the related ~Alnus serrulata / Sanguisorba canadensis - Parnassia grandifolia - Helenium brevifolium Seepage Shrubland (CEGL003917)$$) with coarse herbs than occur in mucky fens.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Uncertain if this association is best placed in this alliance. These (CEGL004252 and CEGL003917) are two shrublands that occur in a flat area of the Southern Blue Ridge that is underlain by ultramafic and mafic rocks and has many headwater streams and seepage areas. The two are distinctly different environmentally and floristically. Plots of both in the regional dataset have been examined, and they are quite distinct in quantitative analysis. CEGL003917 is a very low, sparse shrubland that grows in peaty, sphagnous fens and has many "bog" species such as Kalmia carolina, Drosera rotundifolia, Carex sterilis, Calopogon tuberosus, Vaccinium macrocarpon, etc. CEGL004252 is a tall, denser shrubland with coarse herbs that grows in mucky fens. Originally (in the early 1990s), Tom Rawinski recognized both only in the general category of a "Mafic Fen" and so they were sort of combined in the LAPS book (Grossman et al. 1994) as a rare "type."
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This community is restricted to the southern Blue Ridge plateau in Virginia, in an area known as "The Glades".
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC, VA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685607
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1
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.4 Temperate to Polar Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Formation | F013 | 2.C.4 |
| Division | 2.C.4.Nd Eastern North American Temperate Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division | D323 | 2.C.4.Nd |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.4.Nd.1 Shrubby-cinquefoil - Canadian Burnet / Inland Sedge Seep Macrogroup | M061 | 2.C.4.Nd.1 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nd.1.a Catawba Rosebay / Tawny Cottongrass / Peatmoss species Shrub & Herb Seep Group | G184 | 2.C.4.Nd.1.a |
| Alliance | A3384 Canadian Burnet - Largeleaf Grass-of-Parnassus Seep Alliance | A3384 | 2.C.4.Nd.1.a |
| Association | CEGL004252 Hazel Alder / Canadian Burnet - Bluejoint Seepage Shrubland | CEGL004252 | 2.C.4.Nd.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Sanguisorba canadensis - Parnassia grandifolia - Helenium brevifolium Shrubland (Grossman et al. 1994)
< IIE1a. Southern Appalachian Bog Complex (Allard 1990)
< IIE1a. Southern Appalachian Bog Complex (Allard 1990)
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