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CEGL006630 Acer (rubrum, saccharinum) - Fraxinus pennsylvanica / Ilex verticillata / Osmunda regalis Floodplain Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: (Red Maple, Silver Maple) - Green Ash / Common Winterberry / Royal Fern Floodplain Forest
Colloquial Name: Northeastern Maple - Ash Swamp Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This maple - green ash swamp forest occurs in northern New Jersey and ranges north to the Champlain Valley of Vermont. In New Jersey, it occupies the lowest portion of calcareous sinkhole ponds and is characterized by deep organic deposits overlying marl or carbonate bedrock. This vegetation may also occur more widely in the northeast in areas underlain by calcareous bedrock. In the Champlain Valley, it occurs in peat-filled low-lying depressions formed by former bays of Lake Champlain, or in active alluvial floodplains where soils are mineral rather than organic. The tree canopy is fully closed to partially open and characterized by Acer saccharinum, Acer rubrum, Acer x freemanii (a hybrid of Acer saccharinum and Acer rubrum), and Fraxinus pennsylvanica. Other canopy associates may include Fraxinus nigra, Quercus bicolor, Ulmus americana, and occasionally in Vermont, Populus deltoides, Quercus macrocarpa, and Betula alleghaniensis. The shrub layer is characterized by Ilex verticillata, Vaccinium corymbosum, and Cornus sericea; in Vermont shrubs may also include Ribes americanum, Toxicodendron vernix, and Sambucus canadensis. The herbaceous layer is characterized by Onoclea sensibilis, Carex crinita, Boehmeria cylindrica, Carex retrorsa, Carex lupulina, Lycopus americanus, Lycopus uniflorus, Thelypteris palustris, Solanum dulcamara, and others.
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
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The tree canopy is fully closed to partially open and characterized by Acer saccharinum, Acer rubrum, Acer x freemanii (a hybrid of Acer saccharinum and Acer rubrum), and Fraxinus pennsylvanica. Other canopy associates may include Fraxinus nigra, Quercus bicolor, Ulmus americana, and occasionally in Vermont, Populus deltoides, Quercus macrocarpa, and Betula alleghaniensis. The shrub layer is characterized by Ilex verticillata, Vaccinium corymbosum, and Cornus sericea; in Vermont shrubs may also include Ribes americanum, Toxicodendron vernix, and Sambucus canadensis. The herbaceous layer is characterized by Onoclea sensibilis, Carex crinita, Boehmeria cylindrica, Carex retrorsa, Carex lupulina, Lycopus americanus, Lycopus uniflorus, Thelypteris palustris, Solanum dulcamara, and others.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: In New Jersey, it occupies the lowest portion of calcareous sinkhole ponds and is characterized by deep organic deposits overlying marl or carbonate bedrock. This vegetation may also occur more widely in the northeast in areas underlain by calcareous bedrock. In the Champlain Valley, it occurs in peat-filled low-lying depressions formed by former bays of Lake Champlain, or in active alluvial floodplains where soils are mineral rather than organic.
Geographic Range: This association occurs in the Kittatinny Valley of northern New Jersey north to the Champlain Valley of Vermont.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NJ, NY, VT
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.790975
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
| Formation | 1.B.3 Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Formation | F026 | 1.B.3 |
| Division | 1.B.3.Na Eastern North American-Great Plains Flooded & Swamp Forest Division | D011 | 1.B.3.Na |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.3.Na.2 Pin Oak - Green Ash - Blackgum Swamp Forest Macrogroup | M503 | 1.B.3.Na.2 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Na.2.h <i>Quercus bicolor - Fagus grandifolia - Acer rubrum</i> Swamp Forest Group | G918 | 1.B.3.Na.2.h |
| Alliance | A4461 <i>Acer rubrum - Fraxinus pennsylvanica</i> Northeast Alkaline Swamp Forest Alliance | A4461 | 1.B.3.Na.2.h |
| Association | CEGL006630 (Red Maple, Silver Maple) - Green Ash / Common Winterberry / Royal Fern Floodplain Forest | CEGL006630 | 1.B.3.Na.2.h |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Acer X freemanii - Fraxinus (pennsylvanica, nigra) / Ilex verticillata / Osmunda regalis Saturated Woodland (Walz et al. 2001)
- 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.
- 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.
- Walz, K. S., R. J. Canace, J. Boyle, R. Witte, M. S. Serfes, W. Honachefsky, J. Kurtz, and R. Dutko. 2001. Identification and protection of reference wetland natural communities in New Jersey: Calcareous sinkhole ponds of the Kittatinny Valley. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Parks and Forestry, Office of Natural Lands Management, Natural Heritage Program, Trenton. 276 pp. plus appendices.