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CEGL005085 Vaccinium corymbosum - Gaylussacia baccata - Aronia melanocarpa / Calla palustris Acidic Peatland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Highbush Blueberry - Black Huckleberry - Black Chokeberry / Water Arum Acidic Peatland
Colloquial Name: Highbush Blueberry Poor Fen
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community, found in the midwestern and northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ranging from Indiana east through Ohio and Ontario, perhaps to western New York, is a weakly minerotrophic or perhaps ombrotrophic peatland dominated by tall, deciduous, ericaceous shrubs and peat mosses. The water is usually nutrient-poor and acidic. The dominant shrub is usually Vaccinium corymbosum. Other associated shrubs include Aronia melanocarpa, Gaylussacia baccata, Ilex verticillata, and Ilex mucronata. Characteristic herbs include Calla palustris, Carex trisperma, Osmunda cinnamomea, Sarracenia purpurea, and Maianthemum trifolium. Characteristic peat mosses include Sphagnum centrale, Sphagnum fimbriatum, Sphagnum magellanicum, and Sphagnum capillifolium. Stunted trees, including Acer rubrum, may be present at a low density and less than 25% cover.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This type is considered a poor fen/bog in Ohio. Characteristics in Michigan and Ontario need to be determined. As of August 1998, all New York EOs are tracked as ~Vaccinium corymbosum / Sphagnum spp. Acidic Peatland (CEGL006190)$$, but it probably makes sense to only include southeastern New York (including Catskills?) and Lower New England with CEGL006190, where Rhododendron viscosum can be a codominant and Rhododendron canadense is sometimes present. This association (CEGL005085) then can be extended to western (and northern?) New York and adjacent Ontario and Quebec.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The dominant shrub is usually Vaccinium corymbosum. Other associated shrubs include Aronia melanocarpa, Gaylussacia baccata, Ilex verticillata, and Ilex mucronata (= Nemopanthus mucronatus). Characteristic herbs include Calla palustris, Carex trisperma, Osmunda cinnamomea, Sarracenia purpurea, and Maianthemum trifolium (= Smilacina trifolia). Characteristic peat mosses include Sphagnum centrale, Sphagnum fimbriatum, Sphagnum magellanicum, and Sphagnum capillifolium (= Sphagnum nemoreum). Stunted trees, including Acer rubrum, may be present at a low density and less than 25% cover. (Reschke 1990, Anderson 1996)
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: In Ohio, this community forms open stands in zones or patches in fens and bogs, or sometimes cover the entire area. The water is usually nutrient-poor and acidic (Reschke 1990).
Geographic Range: This highbush blueberry community is a weakly minerotrophic peatland found in the midwestern and northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ranging from Indiana east through Ohio and Ontario, perhaps to western New York.
Nations: CA,US
States/Provinces: IN, MI?, OH, ON
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
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.1 Leatherleaf - Small Cranberry - Few-seed Sedge Bog & Acidic Fen Macrogroup | M876 | 2.C.2.Na.1 |
| Group | 2.C.2.Na.1.a Leatherleaf - Few-seed Sedge - Bog Laurel Boreal Bog & Acidic Fen Group | G748 | 2.C.2.Na.1.a |
| Alliance | A1018 Highbush Blueberry Peat Shrubland Alliance | A1018 | 2.C.2.Na.1.a |
| Association | CEGL005085 Highbush Blueberry - Black Huckleberry - Black Chokeberry / Water Arum Acidic Peatland | CEGL005085 | 2.C.2.Na.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Vaccinium corymbosum - Gaylussacia baccata - Photinia melanocarpa / Calla palustris Shrubland (Faber-Langendoen 2001)
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