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CEGL008594 Hypericum fasciculatum - Hypericum chapmanii / Aristida palustris - Sarracenia (flava, psittacina) Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Peelbark St. John''s-wort - Apalachicola St. John''s-wort / Longleaf Three-awn - (Yellow Pitcherplant, Parrot Pitcherplant) Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: North Florida St. John''s-wort Wet Shrubland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association, found in the western panhandle of Florida, occurs in seasonally flooded wetlands in an ecotone between herbaceous-dominated prairies/savannas and cypress stringers. It is a semi-open shrubland dominated by Hypericum chapmanii, Hypericum fasciculatum, and Hypericum brachyphyllum. The dominant herbaceous species is Aristida palustris. Lobelia paludosa, Sarracenia flava, Sarracenia psittacina, and Rhynchospora macra are also abundant and characteristic. Sparse, short-statured stems of Taxodium ascendens may also be present.
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: The vegetation is a semi-open shrubland dominated by Hypericum chapmanii, Hypericum fasciculatum, and Hypericum brachyphyllum. The dominant herbaceous species is Aristida palustris. Lobelia paludosa, Sarracenia flava, Sarracenia psittacina, and Rhynchospora macra are also abundant and characteristic (NatureServe Ecology unpubl. data). Other species present include Aristida beyrichiana, Balduina uniflora, Chaptalia tomentosa, Coreopsis linifolia, Drosera capillaris, Drosera tracyi, Eriocaulon compressum, Fuirena breviseta, Lophiola aurea (= Lophiola americana), Oxypolis filiformis, Pinguicula planifolia, Pleea tenuifolia, Rhynchospora corniculata, and Xyris difformis.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association occurs in seasonally flooded wetlands in an ecotone between herbaceous-dominated prairies/savannas and cypress stringers. It is known from Apalachicola National Forest and occurs in an intact landscape of cypress stringers, savannas, and herbaceous seepage bogs.
Geographic Range: This type is found in the western panhandle of Florida.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: FL
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685546
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1
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.g Beaksedge species - Spikerush species - Yellow-eyed-grass species Pondshore & Wet Prairie Group | G915 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.g |
| Alliance | A3388 Chapman''s St. John''s-wort - Smoothbark St. John''s-wort Pondshore Shrubland Alliance | A3388 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.g |
| Association | CEGL008594 Peelbark St. John''s-wort - Apalachicola St. John''s-wort / Longleaf Three-awn - (Yellow Pitcherplant, Parrot Pitcherplant) Wet Shrubland | CEGL008594 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.g |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: >< Grass-Sedge Savannahs (Clewell 1981)
- Clewell, A. F. 1981. Natural setting and vegetation of the Florida Panhandle: An account of the environments and plant communities of northern Florida west of the Suwannee River. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mobile, AL. 773 pp.
- NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern United States. No date. Unpublished data. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.