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CEGL004601 Nymphoides aquatica - Nymphaea odorata - Gratiola brevifolia Aquatic Vegetation

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Big Floatingheart - American White Water-lily - Sticky Hedge-hyssop Aquatic Vegetation

Colloquial Name: West Gulf Coastal Plain Floatingheart Pond

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: Aquatic zones of Coastal Plain ''flatwoods ponds'' in the West Gulf Coastal Plain. Nymphoides aquatica and Nymphaea odorata dominate; other species include Gratiola brevifolia and Bacopa caroliniana.

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: No Data Available

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  LA, TX




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G3?

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: No Data Available

Concept Author(s): A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: A.S. Weakley

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 10-01-96

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  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.