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CEGL001834 Eleocharis palustris - Distichlis spicata Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Common Spikerush - Saltgrass Marsh
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is described from the saline meadow communities surrounding Utah Lake in northern Utah. Sites are close to 1372 m (4500 feet) in elevation, on the level former lakebed of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville. Soil texture is typically a sandy clay loam. This association consists entirely of herbaceous species, mostly graminoids, with a total cover typically close to 100%. Diagnostic of this association is a high relative cover of Eleocharis palustris and Distichlis spicata, usually with significant cover of Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis, Glaux maritima, and other species of Eleocharis.
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: This association consists entirely of herbaceous species, mostly graminoids, with a total cover typically close to 100%. Diagnostic of this association is a high relative cover of Eleocharis palustris and Distichlis spicata, usually with significant cover of Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis (= Juncus balticus), Glaux maritima, and other species of Eleocharis.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: Sites are close to 1372 m (4500 feet) in elevation, on the level former lakebed of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville. Soil texture is typically a sandy clay loam.
Geographic Range: This association is found in wet meadows on playa flats surrounding Utah Lake in northern Utah.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: UT
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684755
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G4
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.5 Salt Marsh Formation | F035 | 2.C.5 |
| Division | 2.C.5.Nd North American Western Interior Brackish Marsh, Playa & Shrubland Division | D036 | 2.C.5.Nd |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.5.Nd.1 Warm & Cool Desert Alkali-Saline Marsh, Playa & Shrubland Macrogroup | M082 | 2.C.5.Nd.1 |
| Group | 2.C.5.Nd.1.a Saltgrass - Lemmon''s Alkali Grass - Saltwort species Alkaline-Saline Marsh & Playa Group | G538 | 2.C.5.Nd.1.a |
| Alliance | A3930 Common Spikerush - Beaked Spikerush Alkaline-Saline Marsh Alliance | A3930 | 2.C.5.Nd.1.a |
| Association | CEGL001834 Common Spikerush - Saltgrass Marsh | CEGL001834 | 2.C.5.Nd.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Spike-rush Meadow Community (Brotherson and Evenson 1983)
- Bourgeron, P. S., and L. D. Engelking, editors. 1994. A preliminary vegetation classification of the western United States. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Western Heritage Task Force, Boulder, CO. 175 pp. plus appendix.
- Brotherson, J. D. 1987. Plant community zonation in response to soil gradients in a saline meadow near Utah Lake, Utah County, Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 47(2):322-333.
- Brotherson, J. D., and W. E. Evenson. 1982. Vegetation communities surrounding Utah Lake and its bays. Utah Lake Vegetation Studies. Unpublished report done for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Provo, UT. 401 pp.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.