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- OPEN CANOPY<br />

PALUSTRINE<br />

Streamside/Lakeside Shrub Swamp<br />

Shrub swamps receiving streamside or lakeside sediments; likely to occur in <strong>the</strong> Highlands and Piedmont. The<br />

Rockaway River is flanked by dense thickets <strong>of</strong> various types <strong>of</strong> shrubs including alder, willow, and several<br />

species <strong>of</strong> viburnum.<br />

Common Species:<br />

Black Willow<br />

Buttonbush<br />

Dogwood<br />

Speckled Alder<br />

Swamp Rose<br />

River Bar Community (Palustrine - Open Canopy)<br />

Communities <strong>for</strong>med on islands or river banks with sand, gravelly, or cobbly river<br />

deposits; likely to occur in <strong>the</strong> Piedmont and Highland.<br />

* Bog Willow<br />

Common Species:<br />

Sand Cherry<br />

River Birch<br />

Willow<br />

Nor<strong>the</strong>rn NJ Shrub Swamp (Palustrine - Open Canopy)<br />

An acidic shrub swamp likely to be found in <strong>the</strong> Highlands and Piedmont (e.g., Farny Highlands) dominated<br />

by woody vegetation less than 20 feet in height.<br />

Dominant Shrubs/Vines:<br />

Alder, Smooth Blueberry, Highbush Meadowsweet Swamp Rose<br />

Alder, Speckled Buttonbush Silky Dogwood Sweet Pepperbush<br />

Arrowwood, Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Chokeberry, Black Steeplebush Willows<br />

Arrowwood, Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Maple, Red (Sapling) Swamp Azalea Winterberry<br />

Blackberry, Allegheny<br />

Common Shrub/Vines:<br />

Maleberry<br />

Poison Ivy<br />

Poison Sumac<br />

Red Osier Dogwood<br />

Common Herbs:<br />

Arrow Arum Duckweed Sphagnum moss<br />

Arrow-leaved Tearthumb False Nettle St. Johnswort<br />

Blue Flag S<strong>of</strong>t Rush Tussock Sedge<br />

Woolgrass<br />

* Cloud Sedge<br />

A <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

<strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Morris</strong> 124

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