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CEGL008456 Typha domingensis Tidal Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Southern Cattail Tidal Marsh
Colloquial Name: Southern Cattail Tidal Marsh
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association of the northern Gulf of Mexico consists of temperate oligohaline to brackish marshes dominated by Typha domingensis. It typically consists of nearly pure stands of Typha domingensis, in deeply flooded tidal estuarine waters, with the substrate rarely exposed.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association is documented from Meaher State Park, Mobile County, Alabama.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Typically, this association consists of pure stands of Typha domingensis (NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern U.S. unpubl. data 1999, 2000).
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association occurs in deeply flooded tidal waters, on protected estuarine shores.
Geographic Range: This association is currently known only from the coast of Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas. It may also occur in Florida and Mississippi.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AL, FL?, LA, MS?, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683369
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.1 Annual Wild Rice - Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Pickerelweed Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Macrogroup | M066 | 2.C.4.Ne.1 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Ne.1.b <i>Zizaniopsis milacea - Spartina patens - Panicum hemotimon</i> Freshwater Tidal Marsh Group | G913 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.b |
| Alliance | A4015 Southern Cattail - Beaked Spikerush Gulf Coastal Plain Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Alliance | A4015 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.b |
| Association | CEGL008456 Southern Cattail Tidal Marsh | CEGL008456 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: >< Typha spp. Thick-mat Marsh Association (Nolfo-Clements 2006)
- NPS [National Park Service]. 2005. Jean Lafitte NHP 2005 Habitat Data Map (1:12,000) created by USGS-NWRC. Unpublished data shared by NPS.
- NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern United States. No date. Unpublished data. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Nolfo-Clements, L. E. 2006. Vegetative survey of wetland habitats at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in southeastern Louisiana. Southeastern Naturalist 5(3):499-514.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.