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CEGL002221 Bolboschoenus fluviatilis - Schoenoplectus spp. Marsh

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: River Bulrush - Clubrush species Marsh

Colloquial Name: Midwestern River Bulrush Marsh

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This community is found throughout the central and upper midwestern United States where it is found along large rivers and lakeshores. Sites are subject to seasonal flooding that typically draws down by late summer. The diagnostic dominant is Bolboschoenus fluviatilis, which often forms almost mono-dominant patches. Other marsh associates include Typha angustifolia, Typha latifolia, Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, and Sparganium eurycarpum.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: This type is weakly defined, often being treated as part of a mixed emergent marsh type. And it may be that the type includes dominance by a variety of bulrushes within the region, including Bolboschoenus fluviatilis, Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, and Schoenoplectus acutus. Further work is needed to characterize its extent and composition. But its potentially extensive nature along major rivers and dependence on flooding may make it a good indicator of natural flooding regimes. In the northern tallgrass prairie and Mississippi River floodplains these marshes can be heavily degraded due to heavy siltation, nutrient enrichment, and plowed floodplains (R. Dana, E. Epstein pers. comm. 1999).

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

Floristics: The diagnostic dominant is Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (= Scirpus fluviatilis), which often forms almost mono-dominant patches. Other marsh associates include Typha angustifolia, Typha latifolia, Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (= Scirpus tabernaemontani), and Sparganium eurycarpum. It may be that the type includes dominance by a variety of Schoenoplectus spp. within the region, including Bolboschoenus fluviatilis, Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, and Schoenoplectus acutus (= Scirpus acutus).

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  Sites are subject to seasonal flooding that typically draws down by late summer.
Geographic Range: This community is found throughout the central and upper midwestern United States where it is found along large rivers and lakeshores, ranging from Ohio west to Manitoba and south to Iowa.

Nations: CA,US

States/Provinces:  IA, IL, IN, MB, MN, MO, OH, ON?, WI


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3G4

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.Nd Eastern North American Temperate Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division D323 2.C.4.Nd
Macrogroup 2.C.4.Nd.2 Broadleaf Cattail - White Snakeroot - Rush species Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup M069 2.C.4.Nd.2
Group 2.C.4.Nd.2.a Bulrush species - Cattail species Freshwater Marsh Group G125 2.C.4.Nd.2.a
Alliance A1436 Narrowleaf Cattail - Broadleaf Cattail - Bulrush species Deep Marsh Alliance A1436 2.C.4.Nd.2.a
Association CEGL002221 River Bulrush - Clubrush species Marsh CEGL002221 2.C.4.Nd.2.a
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Schoenoplectus fluviatilis - Schoenoplectus spp. Herbaceous Vegetation (Faber-Langendoen 2001) [Deep Marsh River Bulrush Subtype]
Concept Author(s): D. Faber-Langendoen (2001)

Author of Description: D. Faber-Langendoen

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 07-01-13
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