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CEGL007803 Eleocharis spp. - Schoenoplectus spp. - Fimbristylis spp. - Juncus spp. Southeastern Coastal Plain Inland Salt Flat Sparse Vegetation

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Spikerush species - Bulrush species - Fimbry species - Rush species Southeastern Coastal Plain Inland Salt Flat Sparse Vegetation

Colloquial Name: Southeastern Coastal Plain Inland Salt Flat

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This community occurs on the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Louisiana on flats near perennial streams. It is flooded by freshwater following rain events, but the soils are saline. This community is sparsely vegetated but has patches and zones dominated by various clonal wetland graminoids, including Eleocharis spp., Schoenoplectus spp., Fimbristylis spp., Juncus spp., and Spartina pectinata. Forbs are scattered and include Hibiscus lasiocarpos, Pluchea sp., Phyla sp., and Alternanthera paronichyoides (exotic).

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Additional information about this community is needed in order to clarify its composition and classification. Examples at Cypress Creek Saline (Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana) and Drakes Salt Flat (Winn Parish, Louisiana).

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: Patches and zones of this sparse vegetation type are dominated by various clonal wetland graminoids, including Eleocharis spp., Schoenoplectus spp. (= Scirpus spp.), Fimbristylis spp., Juncus spp., and Spartina pectinata. Forbs are scattered and include Hibiscus lasiocarpos (= Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. lasiocarpos), Pluchea sp., Phyla sp., and Alternanthera paronichyoides (exotic).

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  This community occurs on flats near perennial streams and is flooded by freshwater following rain events, but the soils are saline.
Geographic Range: This community occurs on the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Louisiana.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  LA


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1?

Greasons: No Data Available
Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Class 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class C02 2
Subclass 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass S18 2.B
Formation 2.B.2 Temperate Grassland & Shrubland Formation F012 2.B.2
Division 2.B.2.Nh Southeastern North American Grassland & Shrubland Division D102 2.B.2.Nh
Macrogroup 2.B.2.Nh.3 Poverty Dropseed - Little Bluestem - Calamint species Southern Barrens & Glade Macrogroup M308 2.B.2.Nh.3
Group 2.B.2.Nh.3.a Little Bluestem - Limestone Calamint - Nuttall''s Rayless-goldenrod Southeastern Coastal Plain Barrens & Glade Group G584 2.B.2.Nh.3.a
Alliance A4093 Narrowleaf Marsh-elder - Limestone Calamint - Saltgrass West Gulf Coastal Plain Saline & Weches Bedrock Grassland Alliance A4093 2.B.2.Nh.3.a
Association CEGL007803 Spikerush species - Bulrush species - Fimbry species - Rush species Southeastern Coastal Plain Inland Salt Flat Sparse Vegetation CEGL007803 2.B.2.Nh.3.a
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
Concept Author(s): L.M. Smith and A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: L.M. Smith and A.S. Weakley

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 07-12-99
  • LNHP [Louisiana Natural Heritage Program]. 2009. Natural communities of Louisiana. Louisiana Natural Heritage Program, Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, Baton Rouge. 46 pp. [http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/page_wildlife/6776-Rare%20Natural%20Communities/LA_NAT_COM.pdf]
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.