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CEGL006346 Eriocaulon aquaticum - Lobelia dortmanna Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Seven-angle Pipewort - Dortmann''s Cardinal-flower Marsh
Colloquial Name: Sandy Pipewort Pondshore
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This Atlantic Coastal Plain pondshore of New England and possibly Ontario occurs on oligotrophic, sandy-bottomed ponds with permanent water. The substrate is sand or gravelly sand with or without a thin organic layer of peaty muck at the surface. The vegetation is of low height, characterized by Eriocaulon aquaticum, Eleocharis acicularis, and Lobelia dortmanna. Associates include Nymphoides cordata, Gratiola aurea, and Schoenoplectus pungens. Few other species occur, and Sphagnum is notably absent.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Similar vegetation is documented from Lake George, New York, where further analysis may suggest the recognition of a separate association due to the presence of such species as Vallisneria americana, Isoetes tenella, Ranunculus longirostris, Sagittaria graminea, as well as a diverse aquatic faunal component.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The vegetation is of low height and characterized by Eriocaulon aquaticum, Eleocharis acicularis, and Lobelia dortmanna. Associates include Nymphoides cordata, Gratiola aurea, and Schoenoplectus pungens. Few other species occur, and Sphagnum is notably absent.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This Coastal Plain pondshore of New England and possibly Ontario occurs within the semipermanently flooded zone of oligotrophic, sandy-bottomed ponds with permanent water. The substrate is sand or gravelly sand with or without a thin organic layer of peaty muck at the surface.
Geographic Range: No Data Available
Nations: CA?,US
States/Provinces: CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, ON?, QC?, RI
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
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.h beaksedge spp. - spikerush spp. - meadowbeauty spp. Pondshore Group | G916 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h |
| Alliance | A1429 Spikerush species - Seven-angle Pipewort Coastal Plain Pondshore Marsh Alliance | A1429 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h |
| Association | CEGL006346 Seven-angle Pipewort - Dortmann''s Cardinal-flower Marsh | CEGL006346 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h |
Concept Lineage: This type (CEGL006538) merely represents a sparser version of CEGL006346 which is often sparse anyway.
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Eriocaulon aquaticum - Lobelia dortmanna intermittently exposed forb vegetation (Metzler and Barrett 2006)
= Pipewort - Water Lobelia Aquatic Bed (Gawler 2002)
= Pipewort - water lobelia aquatic bed (Cameron 2000)
= Pipewort - Water Lobelia Aquatic Bed (Gawler 2002)
= Pipewort - water lobelia aquatic bed (Cameron 2000)
- CDPNQ [Centre de données sur le patrimoine naturel du Québec]. No date. Unpublished data. Centre de données sur le patrimoine naturel du Québec, Québec.
- Cameron, D. C. 2000. Aquatic vegetation survey for selected Maine lakes. Maine Natural Areas Program, Department of Conservation, Augusta. 113 pp.
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Gawler, S. C. 2002. Natural landscapes of Maine: A guide to vegetated natural communities and ecosystems. Maine Natural Areas Program, Department of Conservation, Augusta, ME.
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- Keddy, P. A. 1981. Vegetation with Atlantic Coastal Plain affinities in Axe Lake, near Georgian Bay, Ontario. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 95:241-248.
- Lubinski, S., K. Hop, and S. Gawler. 2003. Vegetation Mapping Program: Acadia National Park, Maine. Report produced by U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, and Maine Natural Areas Program in conjunction with M. Story (NPS Vegetation Mapping Coordinator) NPS, Natural Resources Information Division, Inventory and Monitoring Program, and K. Brown (USGS Vegetation Mapping Coordinator), USGS, Center for Biological Informatics and NatureServe. [http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/ftp/vegmapping/acad/reports/acadrpt.pdf]
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