Print Report

CEGL007887 Spartina patens - Typha spp. Chenier Plain Oligohaline Tidal Marsh

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Cattail species Chenier Plain Oligohaline Tidal Marsh

Colloquial Name: Chenier Plain Oligohaline Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Cattail Marsh

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association is the most common marsh type of the Chenier Plain of coastal Louisiana. The type is strongly dominated by Spartina patens with Typha spp. as the most common associate, but numerous other species are present. Species richness is relatively high in the type. Additional common species include Phragmites australis, Vigna luteola, Sagittaria lancifolia, Schoenoplectus americanus, Schoenoplectus californicus, Bolboschoenus robustus, other members of the Cyperaceae, Ludwigia spp., Echinochloa spp., Juncus roemerianus, and others.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Sasser recommends maintaining the oligohaline wiregrass marshes of the Chenier Plain and Deltaic Plain as separate types.

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

Floristics: The type is strongly dominated by Spartina patens with Typha spp. as the most common associate. Additional common species include Phragmites australis, Vigna luteola, Sagittaria lancifolia, Schoenoplectus americanus (= Scirpus americanus), Schoenoplectus californicus (= Scirpus californicus), Bolboschoenus robustus (= Scirpus robustus), other members of the Cyperaceae, Ludwigia spp., Echinochloa spp., Juncus roemerianus, and others.

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  No Data Available
Geographic Range: This association is known from the coastal marshes of the Chenier Plain of Louisiana.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  LA


Confidence Level: Low

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3?

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 A4014 Saltmeadow Cordgrass Gulf Coast Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Alliance A4014 2.C.4.Ne.1.b
Association CEGL007887 Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Cattail species Chenier Plain Oligohaline Tidal Marsh CEGL007887 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: = Chenier Plain Oligohaline Wiregrass Marsh (Visser and Sasser 1998)
Concept Author(s): L.M. Smith

Author of Description: L.M. Smith

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 07-09-99
  • LNHP [Louisiana Natural Heritage Program]. 2009. Natural communities of Louisiana. Louisiana Natural Heritage Program, Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, Baton Rouge. 46 pp. [http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/page_wildlife/6776-Rare%20Natural%20Communities/LA_NAT_COM.pdf]
  • Smith, L. 1999. Coastal marsh types currently recognized in Louisiana and relationships with existing types in ICEC-TNC. Draft report. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Natural Heritage Program, Baton Rouge. 20 pp.
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
  • Visser, J. M., C. E. Sasser, R. H. Chabreck, and R. G. Linscombe. 1998. Marsh vegetation types of the Mississippi River Deltaic Plain. Estuaries 21(48):818-828.
  • Visser, J. M., and C. E. Sasser. 1998. 1997 Coastal vegetation analysis. Unpublished report to Greg Steyer, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Baton Rouge, LA. Draft report November 20, 1998. 47 pp.