rare plant communities in canaan valley, west virginia

Table 1. Plant communities in Canaan Valley considered rare on a regional scale, based onstudies by Fortney (1975), Rentch and Fortney (1997) and Rentch et al. (in press).Plant CommunitiesUpland CommunitiesMixed Grass-Forb Meadow****Vaccinium Low Shrub Thicket****Populus grandidenta GrovePrunus serotina GroveWetland Swamp Forest CommunitiesAbies-Picea-Tsuga Swamp**Abies-Picea-Tsuga-Betula-Acer (Fraxinus ) Swamp**Picea rubens Swamp**Abies balsamea Swamp**Populus tremuloides Grove *Wetland Shrub CommunitiesSalix Tall Shrub Thicket*Alnus incana ssp. rugosa Tall Shrub Thicket**Vaccinium Low Shrub Thicket**Vaccinium-Photinia Low Shrub Thicket**Polytrichum-Photinia-Vaccinium Hummock Bog***Polytrichum-Vaccinium-Viburnum Hummock Bog***Wetland Herbaceous CommunitiesSphagnum-Carex Bog***Sphagnum-Glyceria-Carex Bog***Sphagnum-Eriophorum Bog***Sphagnum -Typha Bog***Polytrichum Hummock Bog***Polytrichum-Rubus Hummock Bog***Polytrichum-Solidago Hummock Bog***Polytrichum-Solidago-Rubus Hummock Bog***Polytrichum-Eriophorum Hummock Bog***Polytrichum-Glyceria Hummock Bog***Polytrichum-Juncus Hummock Bog***Polyttrichum-Juncus-Carex Hummock Bog***Polytrichum-Carex Hummock Bog***Calamagrostis canadensis Wet Meadow*Carex-Leersia-Calamagrostis-Glyceria Wet Meadow*Carex-Scirpus-Solidago-Aste r Wet Meadow*Scirpus M arsh/Wet Meadow*Juncus Marsh/Wet Meadow*Carex Marsh/Wet Meadow*Solidago-Rubus Wet Meadow** Occurs mostly on mineral soils.**Occurs on either mineral or organic soils***Occurs mostly on organic soils.****May occur in mountain bald habitats12