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CEGL003997 Taxodium ascendens / Rhynchospora microcarpa - Schizachyrium rhizomatum - Muhlenbergia filipes Swamp Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Pond-cypress / Southern Beaksedge - Florida Little Bluestem - Gulf Hairawn Muhly Swamp Woodland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This southern tropical Florida association is characterized by a stunted, scattered canopy (1.7-6 m tall) of Taxodium ascendens (varying locally to less than 10% cover). Other characteristic species include Rhynchospora tracyi, Setaria parviflora, Rhynchospora inundata, Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, Rhynchospora divergens, Ludwigia microcarpa, Pluchea rosea, Eupatorium leptophyllum, Bacopa caroliniana, and Eleocharis cellulosa.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: See Gunderson and Loope (1982a).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The open stunted (1.7-6 m tall) canopy contains Taxodium ascendens (varying locally to less than 10% cover). Characteristic herbaceous species include Rhynchospora tracyi, Setaria parviflora (= Setaria geniculata), Rhynchospora inundata, Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, Rhynchospora divergens, Ludwigia microcarpa, Pluchea rosea, Eupatorium leptophyllum, Bacopa caroliniana, and Eleocharis cellulosa.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This association is restricted to southern tropical Florida.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: FL
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
| Formation | 1.B.3 Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Formation | F026 | 1.B.3 |
| Division | 1.B.3.Nb Southeastern North American Flooded & Swamp Forest Division | D062 | 1.B.3.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.3.Nb.1 Pond-cypress - Slash Pine Swamp Macrogroup | M161 | 1.B.3.Nb.1 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nb.1.a Pond-cypress / Holly species Basin Swamp Group | G036 | 1.B.3.Nb.1.a |
| Alliance | A4085 Pond-cypress / Pond-apple/ Beaksedge species Subtropical Swamp Forest Alliance | A4085 | 1.B.3.Nb.1.a |
| Association | CEGL003997 Pond-cypress / Southern Beaksedge - Florida Little Bluestem - Gulf Hairawn Muhly Swamp Woodland | CEGL003997 | 1.B.3.Nb.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Cypress Prairie (Hilsenbeck et al. 1979)
= Cypress Prairie (Gunderson and Loope 1982a)
? Dwarf Cypress (Hilsenbeck et al. 1979)
? Hatrack Cypress (Hilsenbeck et al. 1979)
? Open-canopy ("Hatrack") Cypress Forest (Hilsenbeck et al. 1979)
= Cypress Prairie (Gunderson and Loope 1982a)
? Dwarf Cypress (Hilsenbeck et al. 1979)
? Hatrack Cypress (Hilsenbeck et al. 1979)
? Open-canopy ("Hatrack") Cypress Forest (Hilsenbeck et al. 1979)
- Gunderson, L. H., and L. L. Loope. 1982a. A survey and inventory of the plant communities in the Raccoon Point Area, Big Cypress National Preserve. Report No. T-665. USDI National Park Service, Southern Florida Research Center, Homestead, FL. 36 pp.
- Hilsenbeck, C. E., R. H. Hofstetter, and T. R. Alexander. 1979. Preliminary synopsis of major plant communities in the East Everglades area: Vegetation map supplement. Unpublished document. Metropolitan Dade County Planning Department, Miami, FL.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.