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CEGL004716 Zizania aquatica - Cicuta maculata - Hydrocotyle umbellata Marsh

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Annual Wild Rice - Spotted Water-hemlock - Many-flower Marsh-pennywort Marsh

Colloquial Name: Florida Spring-run Wild Rice Marsh

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association occurs along the margins of "spring run" rivers in the Panhandle of Florida. Zizania aquatica is usually dominant. Floating mats are common, and are usually dominated by Cicuta maculata var. maculata and Hydrocotyle umbellata. Other species include Pontederia cordata, Sagittaria lancifolia, Polygonum sp., and Potamogeton illinoensis.

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: Stands are usually dominated by Zizania aquatica. Floating mats are common, and are usually dominated by Cicuta maculata var. maculata (= Cicuta mexicana) and Hydrocotyle umbellata. Other species include Pontederia cordata, Sagittaria lancifolia, Polygonum sp., and Potamogeton illinoensis.

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  This association occurs along the margins of "spring run" rivers in the Panhandle of Florida.

Geographic Range: This association occurs along the margins of "spring run" rivers in the Panhandle of Florida.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  FL




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G2?

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: No Data Available

Concept Author(s): A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: A.S. Weakley

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 04-01-97

  • 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.