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CEGL004139 Zizaniopsis miliacea Coastal Plain Slough Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Giant Cutgrass Coastal Plain Slough Marsh
Colloquial Name: Coastal Plain Giant Cutgrass Slough Marsh
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: Temperate vegetation of marshes and sloughs dominated by Zizaniopsis miliacea, often consisting of essentially monospecific stands. This broadly defined type may be divided as more information becomes available. This is primarily a community of the Coastal Plain, but an occurrence is reported from the Piedmont of South Carolina.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Bert Pittman (pers. comm.) reports an area in the Piedmont (Charlotte Belt Subsection) of South Carolina which is about 1000 acres in extent, with 10 to 20% of it ("several hundred" acres) in marsh dominated by Zizaniopsis miliacea with "other aquatic vegetation present." Based on his Piedmont experience this seems "very unusual" to him. Without additional floristic information, this apparent occurrence will be accommodated here for the present. One large stand of this vegetation is found in a marsh at Fort Benning, Georgia (Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This vegetation is dominated by Zizaniopsis miliacea, often consisting of essentially monospecific stands.
Dynamics: At Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee, this vegetation has declined since the 1940s, presumably due to lack of fluctuation in the lake levels due to lake stabilization via a water control structure. It has been largely replaced by stands of Decodon verticillatus.
Environmental Description: This association encompasses temperate vegetation of marshes and sloughs; it is primarily a community of the Coastal Plain, but an occurrence is reported from the Piedmont of South Carolina (B. Pittman pers. comm.).
Geographic Range: Vegetation of marshes and sloughs dominated by Zizaniopsis miliacea is reported as ranging from the Atlantic Coastal Plain of possibly the Carolinas south to Florida and into the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain and west to Texas into the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain. It extends north in the interior at least to northwestern Tennessee, and is also reported from the Piedmont of South Carolina (Charlotte Belt Subsection).
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4?
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.a Pickerelweed - Maidencane River & Basin Freshwater Marsh & Wet Meadow Group | G188 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.a |
| Alliance | A3404 Giant Cutgrass - Annual Wild Rice - Pickerelweed Southeastern Floodplain Marsh Alliance | A3404 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.a |
| Association | CEGL004139 Giant Cutgrass Coastal Plain Slough Marsh | CEGL004139 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
- Nordman, C., M. Russo, and L. Smart. 2011. Vegetation types of the Natchez Trace Parkway, based on the U.S. National Vegetation Classification. NatureServe Central Databases (International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications). Arlington, VA. Data current as of 11 April 2011. 548 pp.
- Pittman, Dr. Albert. Personal communication. South Carolina Heritage Trust, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Columbia, SC.
- 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.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.