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CEGL003469 Schoenoplectus californicus - Typha latifolia Salt Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: California Bulrush - Broadleaf Cattail Salt Marsh
Colloquial Name: Pacific Coast Bulrush - Cattail Salt Marsh
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This herbaceous association is currently only known from Point Reyes National Seashore and Suisun Marsh in California, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. This association is found on flat, linear basins/wetlands. Soil textures range from medium silt loam to moderately fine clay loam of mixed alluvium and Franciscan Melange. Water typically is at the surface throughout the growing season. Water chemistry is typically fresh to brackish. Stands of this association form an open to intermittent layer of 10-44% cover at 1-2 m tall, and 25-40% cover at 2-5 m tall dominated by Schoenoplectus californicus and sometimes Typha latifolia, Typha domingensis, and Typha angustifolia. Lemna minor may be common in the understory. Juncus effusus, Typha domingensis, Calamagrostis nutkaensis, and Polygonum amphibium may also contribute to minor cover in the understory.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: The relatively simple association of one to three species of Typha and Schoenoplectus californicus and/or Schoenoplectus acutus has been anecdotally reported throughout many marshes in California from the coast to the inner valleys and deserts. It likely ranges further east throughout much of North America.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This association is only known from the Point Reyes National Seashore and Suisun Marsh (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2000). In both areas stands occur in a mixture of fresh and brackish marshes. Typha latifolia, Typha domingensis, and Typha angustifolia are common along with Schoenoplectus californicus (= Scirpus californicus). Information about its global characteristics is not available without additional inventory.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This association is known from the Point Reyes National Seashore and from Suisun Marsh, Solano County, California (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2000). Almost 800 stands covering about 2100 acres were mapped there. It is likely that this association is widespread in California and other western states. However, information about its global characteristics is not available without additional inventory.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685790
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G5
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.Nb Western North American Temperate Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division | D031 | 2.C.4.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.4.Nb.1 Arid West Interior Freshwater Marsh Macrogroup | M888 | 2.C.4.Nb.1 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nb.1.a Clubrush species - Cattail species Interior Freshwater Marsh Group | G531 | 2.C.4.Nb.1.a |
| Alliance | A3895 Chairmaker''s Bulrush - Hardstem Bulrush - California Bulrush Marsh Alliance | A3895 | 2.C.4.Nb.1.a |
| Association | CEGL003469 California Bulrush - Broadleaf Cattail Salt Marsh | CEGL003469 | 2.C.4.Nb.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Schoenoplectus californicus - Typha latifolia (Sawyer et al. 2009) [52.114.05]
= Scirpus californicus - Typha latifolia Association (Schirokauer et al. 2003) [pi code 55040]
= Scirpus californicus - Typha latifolia Association (Schirokauer et al. 2003) [pi code 55040]
- Keeler-Wolf, T., M. Vaghti, and A. Kilgore. 2000. Vegetation mapping of Suisun Marsh, Solano County: A report to the California Department of Water Resources. Administrative report on file at California Natural Diversity Database, California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento.
- Sawyer, J. O., T. Keeler-Wolf, and J. Evens. 2009. A manual of California vegetation. Second edition. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento CA. 1300 pp.
- Sawyer, J. O., and T. Keeler-Wolf. 1995. A manual of California vegetation. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento. 471 pp.
- Schirokauer, D., T. Keeler-Wolf, J. Meinke, and P. van der Leeden. 2003. Plant community classification and mapping project. Point Reyes National Seashore, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco Water Department Watershed Lands, Mount Tamalpais, Tomales Bay, and Samuel P. Taylor State Parks. Final report. California State Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch, Sacramento, National Park Service, Point Reyes Station, and Aerial Information Systems, Redlands, CA. 82 pp. [http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/pore_goga/index.html]
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.