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CEGL007717 Scleria baldwinii - Rhynchospora cephalantha - Polygala cymosa - Fuirena scirpoidea Seepage Meadow

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Baldwin''s Nutrush - Bunched Beaksedge - Tall Pinebarren Milkwort - Southern Umbrella-sedge Seepage Meadow

Colloquial Name: North Florida Wet Prairie

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association represents the wettest portion of wet prairie vegetation of the Florida Panhandle. Characteristic plant species include Scleria baldwinii, Polygala cymosa, Fuirena scirpoidea, Rhynchospora cephalantha, Rhynchospora filifolia, Rhynchospora corniculata, Rhynchospora latifolia, Oxypolis filiformis, Xyris serotina, Coreopsis nudata, Eriocaulon compressum, Lophiola aurea, Sabatia bartramii, Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum, Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens, Cladium mariscoides, and Ludwigia sphaerocarpa. Calamovilfa curtissii is often found around the outer edges of these ecotonal plant communities. This vegetation occurs as an herbaceous ecotone just above the Taxodium ascendens ponds and swales. The soil is strongly hydric, mucky, and likely to inundate to a depth of 3-4.5 dm (12-18 inches) for 3-6 months in most years.

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: Characteristic plant species include Scleria baldwinii, Polygala cymosa, Fuirena scirpoidea, Rhynchospora cephalantha, Rhynchospora filifolia, Rhynchospora corniculata, Rhynchospora latifolia, Oxypolis filiformis, Xyris serotina, Coreopsis nudata, Eriocaulon compressum, Lophiola aurea, Sabatia bartramii, Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum, Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens (= Aristida affinis), Cladium mariscoides, and Ludwigia sphaerocarpa. Calamovilfa curtissii is often found around the outer edges of these ecotonal plant communities.

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  This association represents the wettest portion of wet prairie vegetation of the Florida Panhandle. This vegetation occurs as an herbaceous ecotone just above the Taxodium ascendens ponds and swales. The soil is strongly hydric, mucky, and likely to inundate to a depth of 3-4.5 dm (12-18 inches) for 3-6 months in most years.
Geographic Range: This association is restricted to the Coastal Plain of panhandle Florida and possibly adjacent Alabama.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  AL?, FL


Confidence Level: Low

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2?

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.e Beaksedge species - Pitcherplant species Seep Group G187 2.C.4.Ne.2.e
Alliance A1463 Feather-bristle Beaksedge - Pitcherplant species - Toothache Grass Seep Alliance A1463 2.C.4.Ne.2.e
Association CEGL007717 Baldwin''s Nutrush - Bunched Beaksedge - Tall Pinebarren Milkwort - Southern Umbrella-sedge Seepage Meadow CEGL007717 2.C.4.Ne.2.e
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Wet Prairie (FNAI 1990)
Concept Author(s): Florida Natural Areas Inventory (1990)

Author of Description: Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 04-03-98
  • FNAI [Florida Natural Areas Inventory]. 1990. Guide to the natural communities of Florida. Florida Natural Areas Inventory and Florida Department of Natural Resources, Tallahassee. 111 pp.
  • 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]
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.