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CEGL004189 Schoenoplectus pungens - (Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis) Tidal Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Common Threesquare - (Royal Fern) Tidal Marsh
Colloquial Name: Tidal Freshwater Marsh (Threesquare Type)
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This type occurs in North Carolina along margins of estuaries, or drowned rivers and creeks, in upper tidally influenced areas, where salt is essentially absent even during the highest tides. These peaty, oligohaline marshes (salt 0.5-5 ppt) are dominated by Schoenoplectus pungens, sometimes with Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis as codominant.
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: Vegetation is dominated by Schoenoplectus pungens (= Scirpus pungens), sometimes with Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis as codominant.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This type occurs along margins of estuaries, or drowned rivers and creeks, in upper tidally influenced areas, where salt is essentially absent even during the highest tides (Schafale and Weakley 1990).
Geographic Range: This association occurs in North Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685388
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
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.1 Annual Wild Rice - Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Pickerelweed Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Macrogroup | M066 | 2.C.4.Ne.1 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Ne.1.c <i>Zizania aquatica - Spartina patens - Amaranthus cannabinus</i> Freshwater Tidal Marsh Group | G914 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.c |
| Alliance | A4016 Creeping Spikerush - Royal Fern Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Alliance | A4016 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.c |
| Association | CEGL004189 Common Threesquare - (Royal Fern) Tidal Marsh | CEGL004189 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- 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.
- Schafale, M. P., and A. S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina. Third approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh. 325 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.