Semi-Rich Organic Wetlands

Description

The reference plant community is highly variable depending on the prevailing pH values ranging from sub-acidic to semi-rich alkaline.

The reference plant communities under sub-acidic conditions over lap with the Acidic Organic Wetlands ecological site, including:

• Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica - Betula alleghaniensis / Sphagnum spp. Swamp Forest
Translated Name: Red Maple - Blackgum - Yellow Birch / Peatmoss species Swamp Forest
Common Name: Red Maple - Blackgum Basin Swamp Forest (CEGL006014)

• Acer rubrum / Ilex mucronata - Vaccinium corymbosum Swamp Forest
Translated Name: Red Maple / Catberry - Highbush Blueberry Swamp Forest
Common Name: Northeast Red Maple Acidic Swamp Forest (CEGL006220)

• Tsuga canadensis - Betula alleghaniensis / Ilex verticillata / Sphagnum spp. Swamp Forest
Translated Name: Eastern Hemlock - Yellow Birch / Common Winterberry / Peatmoss species Swamp Forest
Common Name: Hemlock - Hardwood Swamp Forest (CEGL006226)

• Typha (angustifolia, latifolia) - (Schoenoplectus spp.) Eastern Marsh
Translated Name: Narrowleaf Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail - Bulrush Eastern Marsh
Common Name: Eastern Cattail Marsh (CEGL006153)

• Other possible sub-acidic plant communities include:

• Picea rubens - Acer rubrum / Ilex mucronata Swamp Forest
Translated Name: Red Spruce - Red Maple / Catberry Swamp Forest
Common Name: Red Spruce - Red Maple Acidic Swamp Forest (CEGL006198)

Other possible sub-acidic plant communities include:

• Scirpus cyperinus Wet Meadow
Translated Name: Woolgrass Wet Meadow
Common Name: Northeastern Woolgrass Wet Meadow (CEGL006349)

• Dulichium arundinaceum / Sphagnum spp. Fen
Translated Name: Threeway Sedge / Peatmoss species Fen
Common Name: Southern New England Threeway Sedge Fen (CEGL006131)

• Sphagnum rubellum - Vaccinium oxycoccos Fen
Translated Name: Red Peatmoss - Small Cranberry Fen
Common Name: Oligotrophic Peatland Moss Lawn (CEGL006135)

• Pontederia cordata - Peltandra virginica - Sagittaria latifolia Marsh
Translated Name: Pickerelweed - Green Arrow-arum - Broadleaf Arrowhead Marsh
Common Name: Northeastern Leafy Forb Marsh (CEGL006191)


The reference plant community in slightly higher pH settings includes:

• Acer rubrum - Fraxinus nigra - (Larix laricina) / Rhamnus alnifolia Swamp Forest
Translated Name: Red Maple - Black Ash - (Tamarack) / Alderleaf Buckthorn Swamp Forest
Common Name: Red Maple - Black Ash Rich Seepage Swamp Forest (CEGL006009)

• Cornus racemosa / Carex (sterilis, aquatilis, lacustris) Fen
Translated Name: Gray Dogwood / Dioecious Sedge, Water Sedge, Lake Sedge Fen
Common Name: Calcareous Basin Fen (CEGL006123)

Other plant comminuties include:
• Acer rubrum / Carex lacustris Wet Woodland
Translated Name: Red Maple / Lake Sedge Wet Woodland
Common Name: Red Maple / Lake Sedge Wet Woodland (CEGL006105)

• Cornus amomum - Salix candida / Dasiphora fruticosa / Carex stricta Fen
Translated Name: Silky Dogwood - Sageleaf Willow / Shrubby-cinquefoil / Upright Sedge Fen
Common Name: Calcareous Shrub Fen (CEGL006359)

• Betula pumila - Toxicodendron vernix - Dasiphora fruticosa Fen
Translated Name: Bog Birch - Poison-sumac - Shrubby-cinquefoil Fen
Common Name: Rich Shrub Carr (CEGL006360)

• Dasiphora fruticosa / Carex (sterilis, hystericina, flava) Fen
Translated Name: Shrubby-cinquefoil / (Dioecious Sedge, Bottlebrush Sedge, Yellow Sedge) Fen
Common Name: Lower New England Sloping Fen (CEGL006326)

Submodel

Description

The Semi-natural State would expect plant communities where ecological processes are primarily operating with some land conditioning in the past or present, e.g., managed forests, or plant communities that are an artifact of land management e.g., predominately invasive plants.

Submodel

Description

The Cultural State would expect the ecological site to be very strongly conditioned by land management conversion, by transformation to Cultivated/Pasture/Plantation.

Submodel