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CEGL004164 Chamaedaphne calyculata / Carex striata - Sarracenia (flava, purpurea, rubra ssp. rubra) Wet Dwarf-shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Leatherleaf / Walter''s Sedge - (Yellow Pitcherplant, Purple Pitcherplant, Sweet Pitcherplant) Wet Dwarf-shrubland
Colloquial Name: Low Wet Leatherleaf / Sedge - Pitcherplant Pocosin
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association comprises mucky openings that form a mosaic with ~Cyrilla racemiflora - Zenobia pulverulenta Wet Shrubland (CEGL003943)$$ in the wettest low pocosins of peat domes (ombrotrophic blanket bogs) of the Outer Coastal Plain of North Carolina (Green Swamp, Dare County, North Carolina). Other characteristic species include Utricularia subulata, Lysimachia asperulifolia, Peltandra virginica, and Nymphaea odorata.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Much sparser vegetation than ~Chamaedaphne calyculata / Carex striata - Woodwardia virginica Wet Dwarf-shrubland (CEGL004163)$$.
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 type occurs in the Outer Coastal Plain of North Carolina (Green Swamp, Dare County, North Carolina).
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684457
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1
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.2 Temperate to Polar Bog & Fen Formation | F016 | 2.C.2 |
| Division | 2.C.2.Nb Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Plain Pocosin Division | D324 | 2.C.2.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.2.Nb.1 Shining Fetterbush - Inkberry - Swamp Titi Bog & Fen Macrogroup | M065 | 2.C.2.Nb.1 |
| Group | 2.C.2.Nb.1.a Shining Fetterbush - Inkberry - Swamp Titi Pocosin & Shrub Bog Group | G186 | 2.C.2.Nb.1.a |
| Alliance | A3441 Leatherleaf / Walter''s Sedge Dwarf-shrub Pocosin Alliance | A3441 | 2.C.2.Nb.1.a |
| Association | CEGL004164 Leatherleaf / Walter''s Sedge - (Yellow Pitcherplant, Purple Pitcherplant, Sweet Pitcherplant) Wet Dwarf-shrubland | CEGL004164 | 2.C.2.Nb.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < IIC1a. Low Pocosin (Allard 1990)
- Allard, D. J. 1990. Southeastern United States ecological community classification. Interim report, Version 1.2. The Nature Conservancy, Southeast Regional Office, Chapel Hill, NC. 96 pp.
- Schafale, M. P. 2012. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina, 4th Approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh.
- Schafale, M. P., and A. S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina. Third approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh. 325 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.