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CEGL006123 Cornus racemosa / Carex (sterilis, aquatilis, lacustris) Fen
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Gray Dogwood / (Dioecious Sedge, Water Sedge, Lake Sedge) Fen
Colloquial Name: Calcareous Basin Fen
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This calcareous fen community occurs in Lower New England/Northern Piedmont and adjacent ecoregions. It is characterized by short cespitose sedges mixed with more robust species as well as moderately deep peat (generally 50-200 cm) accumulation. These fens are generally flat but may have a gentle slope. Characteristic herbs include Carex aquatilis, Carex flava, Carex hystericina, Carex interior, Carex leptalea, Carex lacustris, Carex sterilis, Eriophorum viridicarinatum, and Muhlenbergia glomerata. Shrubs are not abundant (typically less than 50% cover) but include Cornus amomum, Cornus racemosa, Cornus sericea, Salix spp., Amelanchier arborea, Aronia melanocarpa, Rhamnus alnifolia, Ribes hirtellum, and Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda.
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
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Characteristic herbs include Carex aquatilis, Carex flava, Carex hystericina, Carex interior, Carex leptalea, Carex lacustris, Carex sterilis, Eriophorum viridicarinatum, and Muhlenbergia glomerata. Shrubs are not abundant (typically less than 50% cover) but include Cornus amomum, Cornus racemosa, Cornus sericea, Salix spp., Amelanchier arborea, Aronia melanocarpa, Rhamnus alnifolia, Ribes hirtellum, and Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: Flat to very gently sloping fens fed by minerotrophic groundwater that have moderately deep peat (50-200 cm).
Geographic Range: No Data Available
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CT, MA, NY, VT
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686266
Confidence Level: Low
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.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 | CEGL006123 Gray Dogwood / (Dioecious Sedge, Water Sedge, Lake Sedge) Fen | CEGL006123 | 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: = Carex sterilis / Cornus racemosa community (Metzler and Barrett 2006)
= II.B.1. (Motzkin 1994)
= II.B.1. (Motzkin 1994)
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Edinger, G. J., D. J. Evans, S. Gebauer, T. G. Howard, D. M. Hunt, and A. M. Olivero, editors. 2014a. Ecological communities of New York state. Second edition. A revised and expanded edition of Carol Reschke''s ecological communities of New York state. New York Natural Heritage Program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY.
- Metzler, K., and J. Barrett. 2006. The vegetation of Connecticut: A preliminary classification. State Geological and Natural History Survey, Report of Investigations No. 12. Connecticut Natural Diversity Database, Hartford, CT.
- Motzkin, G. 1994. Calcareous fens of western New England and adjacent New York State. Rhodora 96(885):44-68.
- Swain, P. C., and J. B. Kearsley. 2014. Classification of the natural communities of Massachusetts. Version 2.0. Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. Westborough, MA. [http://www.mass.gov/nhesp/http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/dfw/natural-heritage/natural-communities/classification-of-natural-communities.html]
- Thompson, E. H., and E. R. Sorenson. 2005. Wetland, woodland, wildland: A guide to the natural communities of Vermont. The Nature Conservancy and the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife. University Press of New England, Hanover, NH. 456 pp.