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CEGL006935 Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens - Juncus canadensis Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Common Threesquare - Canadian Rush Marsh
Colloquial Name: Coastal Freshwater Marsh
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This non-tidal freshwater marsh of the coastal Northeast occupies flooded depressions and swales in coastal dunes. The substrate varies from sand to peat or muck, depending on hydrological regime. Water is present most of the year and does not typically exhibit a seasonal drawdown. The vegetation is dominated by Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens, in association with Hibiscus moscheutos, Juncus canadensis, Juncus effusus, Eleocharis erythropoda, Osmunda regalis, Osmunda cinnamomea, Thelypteris palustris, and Triadenum virginicum. Typha latifolia may be present, but generally only occurs at low cover. A diverse range of other forbs may also be associated with this community.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: New community described based on Gap Project sample sites ("FM1", "FM2", "FM4") at Island Beach State Park.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The vegetation is dominated by Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens, in association with Hibiscus moscheutos (= ssp. moscheutos), Juncus canadensis, Juncus effusus, Eleocharis erythropoda, Osmunda regalis, Osmunda cinnamomea, Thelypteris palustris, and Triadenum virginicum. Typha latifolia may be present, but generally only occurs at low cover. A diverse range of other forbs may also be associated with this community. Shrubs may be present as sparsely distributed individuals, or more densely from the wetland edge. Typical shrubs include Rosa rugosa, Vaccinium corymbosum, and Morella pensylvanica.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This non-tidal freshwater marsh of the coastal Northeast occupies flooded depressions and swales in coastal dunes. The substrate varies from sand to peat or muck, depending on hydrological regime. Water is present most of the year and does not typically exhibit a seasonal drawdown.
Geographic Range: This association is known from Massachusetts and New Jersey but is likely to occur in other coastal states of the Northeast.
Nations: CA,US
States/Provinces: MA, NJ, NY, QC?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685545
Confidence Level: Low
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.f Northern & Mid-Atlantic Coastal Wetland Group | G752 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.f |
| Alliance | A3653 Common Threesquare - Saltmeadow Cordgrass Interdunal Marsh Alliance | A3653 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.f |
| Association | CEGL006935 Common Threesquare - Canadian Rush Marsh | CEGL006935 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.f |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Fresh marsh (Martin 1959b)
- CDPNQ [Centre de données sur le patrimoine naturel du Québec]. No date. Unpublished data. Centre de données sur le patrimoine naturel du Québec, Québec.
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Martin, W. E. 1959b. The vegetation of Island Beach State Park, New Jersey. Ecological Monographs 29:1-46.
- Sneddon, L. A. 1994. Descriptions of coastal plain pondshore proposed community elements. Unpublished. The Nature Conservancy, Boston, MA.
- Sneddon, L. A., Zaremba, R. E., and M. Adams. 2010. Vegetation classification and mapping at Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts. Natural Resources Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR--2010/147. National Park Service, Philadelphia, PA. 481 pp. [http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/caco/cacorpt.pdf]