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CEGL006261 Eleocharis (obtusa, flavescens) - Eriocaulon aquaticum Marsh

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: (Blunt Spikerush, Yellow Spikerush) - Seven-angle Pipewort Marsh

Colloquial Name: Spikerush Sandy Pondshore

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This short graminoid vegetation occurs in the semipermanently flooded zones of northern Atlantic Coastal Plain pondshores. Standing water is usually present, but the water table may drop below the surface late in the growing season, although sediments generally remain saturated. Characteristic species include Eriocaulon aquaticum, Lobelia dortmanna, and Isoetes spp. Additional, intermittent species include Schoenoplectus pungens, Utricularia gibba, Sagittaria graminea, Gratiola aurea, Juncus pelocarpus, Eleocharis acicularis, and Sparganium americanum.

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: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  No Data Available
Geographic Range: This association occurs on the northern Atlantic Coastal Plain from Quebec to New York.

Nations: CA,US

States/Provinces:  MA, ME, NH, NS?, NY, QC?, RI?, VT


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3G5

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 A1384 Beaksedge species - Redtop Panicgrass - Warty Panicgrass Pondshore Marsh Alliance A1384 2.C.4.Ne.2.h
Association CEGL006261 (Blunt Spikerush, Yellow Spikerush) - Seven-angle Pipewort Marsh CEGL006261 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: = Eriocaulon septangulare - Eleocharis Community (Sneddon 1994)
< New England coastal plain pondshore (Rawinski 1984a)
Concept Author(s): Eastern Ecology Group

Author of Description: Eastern Ecology Group

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 11-26-97
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