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CEGL006357 Juniperus virginiana / Dasiphora fruticosa / Carex flava - Carex tetanica Fen
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Eastern Red-cedar / Shrubby-cinquefoil / Yellow Sedge - Rigid Sedge Fen
Colloquial Name: Pasture Fen
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is a saturated wetland of turfy mineral soil occurring over calcareous bedrock, a fen supporting a number of calciphitic species. It occurs in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It varies in appearance from an open shrubland to open herbaceous vegetation. The tall-shrub layer, when present, is 2-5 m in height with 20% cover or less. Typical tall shrubs include Cornus amomum, Juniperus virginiana, and Toxicodendron vernix. Typical short shrubs include Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Spiraea tomentosa, Spiraea alba var. latifolia, and Lyonia ligustrina. Other characteristic, often calciphilic, shrubs include Salix candida and Salix discolor. Invasive shrubs may be locally abundant in some fens, especially Rosa multiflora and Elaeagnus umbellata. The herbaceous layer is greater than 75% cover (often near 100%). Dominant herb species include Packera aurea, Parnassia glauca, Thelypteris palustris, Pycnanthemum tenuifolium, Onoclea sensibilis, Juncus subcaudatus, Solidago rugosa, Carex stricta, Dryopteris cristata, and Juncus dudleyi. Other associates include Juncus nodosus, Equisetum fluviatile, Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Solidago uliginosa, Eupatorium maculatum, Liatris spicata, Spiranthes lucida, Rudbeckia fulgida, Pedicularis canadensis, and Pedicularis lanceolata. A number of calciphilic herb species are often present at low cover values, including Lobelia kalmii, Epilobium strictum, Carex tetanica, Carex flava, Juncus brachycephalus, Bromus kalmii, Cypripedium parviflorum, Geum rivale, and Castilleja coccinea. Lythrum salicaria can be an abundant weed species in some fens. This vegetation has been generally affected by grazing in the past, which in some cases continues to the present, and as such this vegetation is known locally as a pasture fen.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Edinger et al.''s (2002) Rich Shrub Fen has been crosswalked to this association (as well as four others), in which case the range would extend to New York.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This association varies in appearance from an open shrubland to open herbaceous vegetation. The tall-shrub layer, when present, is 2-5 m in height with 20% cover or less. Typical tall shrubs include Cornus amomum, Juniperus virginiana, and Toxicodendron vernix. Typical short shrubs include Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Spiraea tomentosa, Spiraea alba var. latifolia, and Lyonia ligustrina. Other characteristic, often calciphilic, shrubs include Salix candida and Salix discolor. Invasive shrubs may be locally abundant in some fens, especially Rosa multiflora and Elaeagnus umbellata. The herbaceous layer is greater than 75% cover (often near 100%). Dominant herb species include Packera aurea (= Senecio aureus), Parnassia glauca, Thelypteris palustris, Pycnanthemum tenuifolium, Onoclea sensibilis, Juncus subcaudatus, Solidago rugosa, Carex stricta, Dryopteris cristata, and Juncus dudleyi. Other associates include Juncus nodosus, Equisetum fluviatile, Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Solidago uliginosa, Eupatorium maculatum, Liatris spicata, Spiranthes lucida, Rudbeckia fulgida, Pedicularis canadensis, and Pedicularis lanceolata. A number of calciphilic herb species are often present at low cover values, including Lobelia kalmii, Epilobium strictum, Carex tetanica, Carex flava, Juncus brachycephalus, Bromus kalmii, Cypripedium parviflorum, Geum rivale, and Castilleja coccinea. Lythrum salicaria can be an abundant weed species in some fens.
Dynamics: This vegetation has been generally affected by grazing in the past, which in some cases continues to the present, and as such this vegetation is known locally as a pasture fen.
Environmental Description: These wetlands occur as small patches where calcareous groundwater discharges to the surface. They typically occur along the toeslope of ridges, in association with limestone and calcareous siltstone. Soils vary from silt loams to shallow mucky peat.
Geographic Range: This association occurs in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NJ, NY, PA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685846
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1G2
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 | CEGL006357 Eastern Red-cedar / Shrubby-cinquefoil / Yellow Sedge - Rigid Sedge Fen | CEGL006357 | 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: No Data Available
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