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CEGL006400 Eleocharis flavescens - Xyris difformis Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Yellow Spikerush - Bog Yellow-eyed-grass Marsh
Colloquial Name: Coastal Plain Deep Muck Pond
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This low, graminoid-dominated vegetation of deep muck is often associated with mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain ponds. Characteristic species include Eleocharis flavescens, Juncus pelocarpus, Fimbristylis autumnalis, Rhynchospora scirpoides, Xyris difformis, as well as occasional individuals of aquatic species such as Nymphaea odorata. This vegetation may only appear during the latter part of the growing season when water levels have dropped, and may not appear at all during years of particularly high rainfall.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This vegetation is described from Delaware, where it was seen as floating mats in an area where impoundments may have altered the hydrology. This association (if the classification is confirmed) has been noted to occur on Long Island, New York and Cape Cod, Massachusetts as well as in the Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Characteristic species include Eleocharis flavescens, Juncus pelocarpus, Fimbristylis autumnalis, Rhynchospora scirpoides (= Psilocarya scirpoides), Xyris difformis, as well as occasional individuals of aquatic species such as Nymphaea odorata.
Dynamics: This vegetation may only appear during the latter part of the growing season when water levels have dropped, and may not appear at all during years of particularly high rainfall.
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This association is found on the mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain from New Jersey to Massachusetts.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CT, DE, MA, NJ, NY?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683317
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.C Shrub & Herb Wetland Subclass | S44 | 2.C |
| Formation | 2.C.4 Temperate to Polar Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Formation | F013 | 2.C.4 |
| Division | 2.C.4.Ne Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division | D322 | 2.C.4.Ne |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.4.Ne.2 Beaksedge species - Spikerush species - Panicgrass species Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Prairie & Marsh Macrogroup | M067 | 2.C.4.Ne.2 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h beaksedge spp. - spikerush spp. - meadowbeauty spp. Pondshore Group | G916 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h |
| Alliance | A3397 Beaksedge species - Bluejoint - Virginia Meadowbeauty Coastal Plain Pondshore Marsh Alliance | A3397 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h |
| Association | CEGL006400 Yellow Spikerush - Bog Yellow-eyed-grass Marsh | CEGL006400 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Common meadowbeauty - Golden hedgehyssop (Rhexia virginica - Gratiola aurea) community (Metzler and Barrett 2006)
? New England coastal plain pondshore (Rawinski 1984a)
? New England coastal plain pondshore (Rawinski 1984a)
- Coxe, R. 2009. Guide to Delaware vegetation communities. Spring 2009 edition. State of Delaware, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Delaware Natural Heritage Program, Smyrna.
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Metzler, K., and J. Barrett. 2006. The vegetation of Connecticut: A preliminary classification. State Geological and Natural History Survey, Report of Investigations No. 12. Connecticut Natural Diversity Database, Hartford, CT.
- Rawinski, T. 1984a. Natural community description abstract - southern New England calcareous seepage swamp. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Boston, MA. 6 pp.
- Swain, P. C., and J. B. Kearsley. 2014. Classification of the natural communities of Massachusetts. Version 2.0. Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. Westborough, MA. [http://www.mass.gov/nhesp/http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/dfw/natural-heritage/natural-communities/classification-of-natural-communities.html]