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CEGL004390 Algal Periphyton Vegetation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Algal Periphyton Vegetation
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: Large areas dominated by algae in southern Florida and the West Indies. This community is a seasonally flooded wetland over oolitic limestone, which develops an oozy marl surface which has an algal periphyton (100% cover) with embedded and emergent Chara spp., and sometimes also a very sparse growth of Utricularia spp. and/or Eleocharis spp. Vascular plants are absent apparently because of extremely harsh chemistry (physiologically it is probably very difficult for a plant to access any cation other than Ca2+, which swamps out all other cations), and competition with the dominant algae. Individual occurrences can cover hundreds or thousands of acres, and on North Andros Island in the Bahamas this community probably makes up about 100 square miles out of the total 1000-square-mile island.
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
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This community is found in southern Florida and the West Indies.
Nations: BS,US
States/Provinces: FL
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684784
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3?
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 5 Aquatic Vegetation Class | C05 | 5 |
| Subclass | 5.A Saltwater Aquatic Vegetation Subclass | S09 | 5.A |
| Formation | 5.A.2 Benthic Macroalgae Saltwater Vegetation Formation | F053 | 5.A.2 |
| Division | 5.A.2.Wb Temperate Intertidal Shore Division | D047 | 5.A.2.Wb |
| Macrogroup | 5.A.2.Wb.1 Temperate Atlantic Intertidal Shore Macrogroup | M104 | 5.A.2.Wb.1 |
| Group | 5.A.2.Wb.1.b <i>Lyngbya</i> spp. - Algal Tidal Flat | G923 | 5.A.2.Wb.1.b |
| Alliance | A3958 Atlantic & Gulf Intertidal Algal Bed Alliance | A3958 | 5.A.2.Wb.1.b |
| Association | CEGL004390 Algal Periphyton Vegetation | CEGL004390 | 5.A.2.Wb.1.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
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Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.