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CEGL006359 Cornus amomum - Salix candida / Dasiphora fruticosa / Carex stricta Fen
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Silky Dogwood - Sageleaf Willow / Shrubby-cinquefoil / Upright Sedge Fen
Colloquial Name: Calcareous Shrub Fen
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This calcareous fen shrubland occurs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York and is characterized by hummocky microtopography and dense patches of shrubs with small interspersed graminoid openings. A portion of the water budget is composed of strongly minerotrophic seepage water. Substrate is typically woody peat. Shrubs such as Cornus amomum, Cornus sericea, and Salix spp. (Salix candida, Salix petiolaris, Salix serissima, and Salix discolor) are dominant and very characteristic of this association. Other shrubs include Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Alnus incana, Toxicodendron vernix, Myrica gale, and Viburnum dentatum. Carex stricta is a characteristic sedge; other herbaceous associates include Carex aquatilis, Eutrochium maculatum, Solidago patula, Solidago uliginosa, Spiranthes cernua, Trollius laxus, Thelypteris palustris, Muhlenbergia glomerata, Parnassia glauca, Drosera rotundifolia, Carex lacustris, Ludwigia palustris, Equisetum fluviatile, and Deschampsia cespitosa. Juniperus virginiana occurs as scattered individuals and is characteristic of this association in New Jersey.
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: Shrubs such as Cornus amomum, Cornus sericea, and Salix spp. (Salix candida, Salix petiolaris, Salix serissima, and Salix discolor) are dominant and very characteristic of this association. Other shrubs include Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda), Alnus incana, Toxicodendron vernix, Myrica gale, and Viburnum dentatum. Carex stricta is a characteristic sedge; other herbaceous associates include Carex aquatilis, Eutrochium maculatum (= Eupatorium maculatum), Solidago patula, Solidago uliginosa, Spiranthes cernua, Trollius laxus, Thelypteris palustris, Muhlenbergia glomerata, Parnassia glauca, Drosera rotundifolia, Carex lacustris, Ludwigia palustris, Equisetum fluviatile, and Deschampsia cespitosa. Juniperus virginiana occurs as scattered individuals and is characteristic of this association in New Jersey.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This calcareous fen shrubland is characterized by hummocky microtopography and dense patches of shrubs with small interspersed graminoid openings. A portion of the water budget is composed of strongly minerotrophic seepage water. Substrate is typically woody peat.
Geographic Range: This association occurs in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CT, MA, NJ, NY, OH, PA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689618
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3?
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 | CEGL006359 Silky Dogwood - Sageleaf Willow / Shrubby-cinquefoil / Upright Sedge Fen | CEGL006359 | 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: = Dasiphora floribunda - Salix candida - Cornus amomum / Carex stricta community (Metzler and Barrett 2006)
= II.A.2 (Motzkin 1994) [This association is shrubbier than the type synonymized, but floristically the best match.]
? SNE Seepage Marsh (Rawinski 1984a)
= II.A.2 (Motzkin 1994) [This association is shrubbier than the type synonymized, but floristically the best match.]
? SNE Seepage Marsh (Rawinski 1984a)
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- Rawinski, T. 1984a. Natural community description abstract - southern New England calcareous seepage swamp. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Boston, MA. 6 pp.
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