Print Report
CEGL004470 Nelumbo lutea - Pontederia cordata - Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: American Lotus - Pickerelweed - Softstem Bulrush Marsh
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occurs in peaty soils in shallow depressional wetlands in the Coastal Plain of Florida. Nelumbo lutea occurs in an admixture with Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, Pontederia cordata, Juncus effusus, Typha latifolia, Eichhornia crassipes (alien), Hydrocotyle spp., and seasonally with floating aquatics, such as Salvinia minima, Spirodela spp., Lemna spp., and Azolla caroliniana. The hydrology is very variable from year to year, but is generally seasonally flooded.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Examples occur at Paynes Prairie State Preserve, Alachua County, Florida.
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 community occurs in peaty soils in shallow depressional wetlands in the Coastal Plain of Florida.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: FL
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685593
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
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.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.a Pickerelweed - Maidencane River & Basin Freshwater Marsh & Wet Meadow Group | G188 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.a |
| Alliance | A3407 Softstem Bulrush - Pickerelweed - Maidencane Basin Marsh Alliance | A3407 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.a |
| Association | CEGL004470 American Lotus - Pickerelweed - Softstem Bulrush Marsh | CEGL004470 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Basin - marshes (Patton and Judd 1986)
- FNAI [Florida Natural Areas Inventory]. 2010a. Guide to the natural communities of Florida: 2010 edition. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, FL. 228 pp. [https://fnai.org/naturalcommguide.cfm]
- Patton, J. E., and W. S. Judd. 1986. Vascular flora of Paynes Prairie Basin and Alachua Sink Hammock, Alachua County, Florida. Castanea 51:88-110.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.