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CEGL002742 Potamogeton foliosus Aquatic Vegetation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Leafy Pondweed Aquatic Vegetation
Colloquial Name: Montane Floating/Submergent Palustrine Wetland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This herbaceous marsh association is currently known from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. This association is known from a flat valley floor at 2300 m elevation. The site is permanently flooded with very poorly drained muck soils. Ground surface cover is 99% standing water. There is evidence that ungulates use this area as a water source. Herbaceous vegetation cover ranges from 65-75%, with the large majority of the cover dominated by Potamogeton foliosus with trace amounts of Alisma gramineum.
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: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This herbaceous association is currently known from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Additional range information will be added as it becomes available.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CO
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685456
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.B Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Subclass | S13 | 5.B |
| Formation | 5.B.2 Temperate to Polar Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Formation | F057 | 5.B.2 |
| Division | 5.B.2.Na North American Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Division | D049 | 5.B.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 5.B.2.Na.2 Rocky Mountain Pond-lily - Pacific Mosquito Fern - Western Waterweed Western North American Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Macrogroup | M109 | 5.B.2.Na.2 |
| Group | 5.B.2.Na.2.a Pond-lily species - Pondweed species - Duckweed species Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Group | G544 | 5.B.2.Na.2.a |
| Alliance | A3927 Floating Pondweed - Water Knotweed Aquatic Vegetation Alliance | A3927 | 5.B.2.Na.2.a |
| Association | CEGL002742 Leafy Pondweed Aquatic Vegetation | CEGL002742 | 5.B.2.Na.2.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Potamogeton foliosus Herbaceous Vegetation (Sanderson and Kettler 1996)
- CNHP [Colorado Natural Heritage Program]. 2006-2017. Tracked natural plant communities. Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. [https://cnhp.colostate.edu/ourdata/trackinglist/plant_communities/]
- Salas, D. E., J. Stevens, K. Schulz, M. Artmann, B. Friesen, S. Blauer, E. W. Schweiger, and A. Valdez. 2010b. Vegetation classification and mapping project report: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. Natural Resource Report NPS/ROMN/NRR--2010/179. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO.
- Sanderson, J., and S. Kettler. 1996. A preliminary wetland vegetation classification for a portion of Colorado''s west slope. Report prepared for Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Denver, CO, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII, Denver, CO. Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Fort Collins, CO. 243 pp.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.