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Rich Peat Fens: Northeastern Rich Fens Cornus sericea - Cornus amomum - Photinia melanocarpa - Viburnum lentago Fen Shrubland Red-osier Dogwood - Silky Dogwood - Black Chokeberry - Nannyberry Fen Shrubland Western Allegheny Tall Shrub Rich Fen CEGL005088 DESCRIPTION: Stands of this type are dominated by shrubs, with over 50% cover, including both tall (>1 m) and short shrubs (
Rich Peat Fens: Northeastern Rich Fens Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Carex interior - Carex flava - Sarracenia purpurea Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation Shrubby-cinquefoil / Inland Sedge - Yellow Sedge - Purple Pitcherplant Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation Western Allegheny Cinquefoil - Sedge Rich Fen CEGL005140 DESCRIPTION: Graminoids dominate, though forbs and dwarf-shrubs can be prominent. A tall-shrub layer swamp often surrounds the core fen area. Typical graminoids include the sedges Carex aquatilis, Carex flava, Carex interior, Carex leptalea, Carex lacustris, Carex hystericina, Carex sterilis, and Carex stricta, as well as Cladium mariscoides, Eleocharis rostellata, Eriophorum viridicarinatum. Other herbaceous species include Symphyotrichum puniceum (= Aster puniceus), Doellingeria umbellata (= Aster umbellatus), Cypripedium reginae, Muhlenbergia glomerata, Oxypolis rigidior, Platanthera dilatata, Pycnanthemum virginianum, Solidago patula, Solidago uliginosa, Thalictrum dasycarpum, and Thelypteris palustris. Shrubs most characteristic of this type include Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda) and Rhamnus alnifolia, but Photinia melanocarpa (= Aronia melanocarpa), Alnus incana, Cornus amomum, Cornus foemina, Salix candida, Salix sericea, and Viburnum lentago can also be found. A moss layer is commonly well-developed and may or may not contain species of Sphagnum. The open marl area is often sparsely vegetated, but can contain Chara spp., Juncus brachycephalus, Lobelia kalmii, Parnassia glauca, Rhynchospora capillacea, Sarracenia purpurea, Triglochin maritima, and Triglochin palustris (Anderson 1996, Reschke 1990). Sites are minerotrophic and alkaline to circumneutral in character, with groundwater flowing throughout shallow peats and marls on glacial deposits. In New York, the sloping fens are fed by small springs of groundwater seepage; these are headwater wetlands with cold water constantly flowing through them (Reschke 1990). In Ohio, sites are found in seepage areas of minerotrophic springs associated with gravel deposits in terminal moraines and other glacial forms (Anderson 1996). COMMENTS: 3, MCS. This type allows for considerable variability in the shrub component, allowing for as much as 50% shrub cover. Compare with Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Carex (sterilis, hystericina, flava) Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL006326), which may be the same type, but see also Cornus racemosa / Carex (sterilis, hystericina, flava) Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL006123). Note that the tall-shrub rich fen equivalent is treated as Cornus sericea - Cornus amomum - Photinia melanocarpa - Viburnum lentago Fen Shrubland (CEGL005088), but some states, such as Ohio, simply treat these two types as zones within their fen (Schneider and Cochrane 1997). There, the type is restricted to the glaciated Allegheny Plateau in the northeast. In New York it is found in the glaciated Finger Lakes region. In Ontario, the shrubby-cinquefoil type is only reported from Site Region 6, suggesting that the type may not be the same. CONSERVATION RANK: G3G4. DISTRIBUTION: This shrubby-cinquefoil - sedge rich fen community type is found in the Allegheny region of northeastern Ohio and elsewhere in the eastern Great Lakes area of the northeastern United States, including central-western New York (glaciated Finger Lakes region) and possibly in southern Ontario. USFS ECOREGIONS: 221Fa:CCC, 221Fc:CCC, 222Ib:CCC, 222Ic:CCC, 222Id:CCC, 222Oa:CCC, M221:P CONSERVATION REGIONS: 45:C, 48:C, 49:C STATES: NY OH PROVINCES: ON MIDWEST HERITAGE SYNONYMY: OH cinquefoil-sedge fen + OTHER SYNONYMY: USNVC HIERARCHY: DASIPHORA FRUTICOSA SSP. FLORIBUNDA / CAREX (FLAVA, INTERIOR, LASIOCARPA, STERILIS) SATURATED SHRUB HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE (V.A.7.N.p) PLANT COMMUNITIES OF THE MIDWEST – 2001. APPENDIX: ASSOCIATION DESCRIPTIONS 52
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Shoreline Sand/Mud Strands, Beaches
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Rocky Shores: Great Lakes Alkaline
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Rocky Shores: Appalachian Highlands
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Rocky Uplands (Glades, Rock Barrens
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DISTRIBUTION: This limestone glade
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DISTRIBUTION: This graminoid shale
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