Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Chairmaker''s Bulrush Great Plains Marsh

Colloquial Name: Great Plains Chairmaker''s Bulrush Marsh

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: No Data Available

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: The old Scirpus olneyi is now Schoenoplectus americanus (Kartesz 1999) and is a coastal estuarine, tidal species [but see Great Plains Flora description, p. 1109]. [Note: The old Scirpus olneyi was not restricted to coastal marshes.] The old Scirpus americanus is now Schoenoplectus pungens, which is freshwater or brackish. So it is possible that this element and alliance belong in one of the Schoenoplectus pungens alliances. Schoenoplectus americanus-dominated marshes occur throughout Oklahoma but are most common in the central and western portions of the state and in the panhandle (Hoagland 1997). The Texas type, Saltgrass-Olney Bulrush Series (Diamond 1993), occurs in the Trans-Pecos and is not part of this type. The associations related to this Texas concept include ~Schoenoplectus americanus - Eleocharis spp. Marsh (CEGL001586)$$ and ~Schoenoplectus americanus - Flaveria chlorifolia - (Helianthus paradoxus) Marsh (CEGL004592)$$. This type (CEGL002226) was defined for the Great Plains Conservation Initiative and is likely to overlap with existing concepts. The classification confidence for this type is low. As far as Oklahoma is concerned, Schoenoplectus americanus (= Scirpus americanus) is used in the sense of Kartesz (1999).

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available

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