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CEGL008464 Schoenoplectus californicus Gulf Coast Tidal Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: California Bulrush Gulf Coast Tidal Marsh
Colloquial Name: Gulf Coast Bulrush Tidal Marsh
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This freshwater marsh community occurs along the Gulf Coast in ditches, sloughs and artificial impoundments. It is inundated by tides only during extreme storm events. It is a dominated by Schoenoplectus californicus.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This community is a dominated by Schoenoplectus californicus (= Scirpus californicus).
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This freshwater marsh community occurs along the Gulf Coast in ditches, sloughs and artificial impoundments. It is inundated by tides only during extreme storm events.
Geographic Range: This association is found in Louisiana, Texas and possibly elsewhere along the Gulf Coast. It is presumably common and widespread in the Neotropics.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AL, FL, LA, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683440
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4G5
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 | A3580 California Bulrush Gulf Coast Tidal Freshwater Marsh Alliance | A3580 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.b |
| Association | CEGL008464 California Bulrush Gulf Coast Tidal Marsh | CEGL008464 | 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: = Oligohaline Bullwhip (Visser et al. 2000)
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- TNHS [Texas Natural History Survey]. No date. Unpublished data. Texas Natural History Survey, The Nature Conservancy, San Antonio.
- Visser, J. M., C. E. Sasser, R. H. Chabreck, and R. G. Linscombe. 2000. Marsh vegetation types of the Chenier Plain, Louisiana, USA. Estuaries 23(3):318-327.