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CEGL008461 Carex stricta - Caltha palustris - Oxypolis rigidior - Symphyotrichum puniceum Herbaceous Seep
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Upright Sedge - Yellow Marsh-marigold - Stiff Cowbane - Purple-stem Aster Herbaceous Seep
Colloquial Name: Appalachian Calcareous Artesian Seepage Fen
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community type is a saturated herb and shrub fen associated with artesian, calcareous springs. Dominant species are Carex stricta, Caltha palustris, Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum, Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens, Rubus hispidus, Carex lurida, Typha latifolia, Carex atlantica, Salix sericea, Hypericum prolificum, Spiraea alba, and Alnus serrulata. This community is known from a limestone "geological window" in the Southern Blue Ridge.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This type is based on plot data gathered by NatureServe ecologists in May 2000 (NatureServe Ecology - Southeast U.S. unpubl. data 2000).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This community is herbaceous, with scattered dense, shrubby patches. The shrub stratum is patchy, and consists of Salix sericea, Hypericum prolificum, Alnus serrulata, Spiraea alba, and Rosa palustris. The herbaceous stratum is dominated by Carex stricta, Caltha palustris, Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens, Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum (= Aster puniceus var. puniceus), Rubus hispidus, Typha latifolia, and Carex atlantica. Other species include Galium tinctorium, Onoclea sensibilis, Oxypolis rigidior, Carex scoparia, Sanguisorba canadensis, Chrysosplenium americanum, Carex ruthii, Triadenum virginicum, Carex leptalea, and Carex tribuloides.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community is associated with bubbling artesian springs in a flat limestone valley bottom in the southern Appalachians at 2500-3000 feet elevation. Soils are variable mixtures of mucks and sands. Hydrology is saturated.
Geographic Range: This community is known from a limestone "geological window" in the Southern Blue Ridge.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: TN
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686785
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 | CEGL008461 Upright Sedge - Yellow Marsh-marigold - Stiff Cowbane - Purple-stem Aster Herbaceous Seep | CEGL008461 | 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: No Data Available
- NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern United States. No date. Unpublished data. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.