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CEGL006208 Chamaedaphne calyculata / Carex striata Acidic Peatland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Leatherleaf / Walter''s Sedge Acidic Peatland
Colloquial Name: Pine Barrens Bog
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community comprises Pine Barrens bogs or "spungs." These bogs are associated with seasonally flooded sites, often covering entire shallow, circular depressions and swales, or occur along margins of intermittent ponds and streamsides. Dense Chamaedaphne calyculata interspersed with Decodon verticillatus, Vaccinium macrocarpon, and Gaylussacia dumosa occur over a continuous carpet of Sphagnum spp. Carex striata is interspersed within the dwarf-shrubs or forms significant cover in wetter openings. Woodwardia areolata, Dulichium arundinaceum, Juncus canadensis, Hypericum densiflorum, Lysimachia terrestris, Eleocharis tuberculosa, Triadenum virginicum, and Eriophorum virginicum are common herbs. Associated herbs of wetter openings include Nuphar lutea, Nymphaea odorata, Utricularia spp., Rhynchospora spp., and Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia.
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: Dense Chamaedaphne calyculata interspersed with Decodon verticillatus, Vaccinium macrocarpon, and Gaylussacia dumosa occur over a continuous carpet of Sphagnum spp. Carex striata is interspersed within the dwarf-shrubs or forms significant cover in wetter openings. Woodwardia areolata, Dulichium arundinaceum, Juncus canadensis, Hypericum densiflorum, Lysimachia terrestris, Eleocharis tuberculosa, Triadenum virginicum, and Eriophorum virginicum are common herbs. Associated herbs of wetter openings include Nuphar lutea, Nymphaea odorata, Utricularia spp., Rhynchospora spp., Drosera intermedia and Drosera rotundifolia.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: These bogs are associated with seasonally flooded sites, often covering entire shallow, circular depressions and swales, or occur along margins of intermittent ponds, lakes, and streamsides in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, as well as in flooded and abandoned cranberry bogs.
Geographic Range: No Data Available
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NJ
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
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.e Chamaedaphne - Dwarf Huckleberry / Walter''s Sedge Bog & Fen Group | G1171 | 2.C.2.Na.1.e |
| Alliance | A4478 Chamaedaphne - Dwarf Huckleberry / Walter''s Sedge Open Bog | A4478 | 2.C.2.Na.1.e |
| Association | CEGL006208 Leatherleaf / Walter''s Sedge Acidic Peatland | CEGL006208 | 2.C.2.Na.1.e |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < C3 - Chamaedaphne calyculata (Olsson 1979)
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- Breden, T. F., Y. R. Alger, K. S. Walz, and A. G. Windisch. 2001. Classification of vegetation communities of New Jersey: Second iteration. Association for Biodiversity Information and New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Office of Natural Lands Management, Division of Parks and Forestry, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton.
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- NatureServe. 2009. Vegetation of the E.B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 1 December 2009.
- Olsson, H. 1979. Vegetation of the New Jersey Pine Barrens: A phytosociological classification. Pages 245-263 in: R. T. T. Forman, editor. Pine Barrens: Ecosystem and landscape. Academic Press, New York.