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CEGL002032 Typha (angustifolia, domingensis, latifolia) - Schoenoplectus americanus Marsh

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: (Narrowleaf Cattail, Southern Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail) - Chairmaker''s Bulrush Marsh

Colloquial Name: Southern Great Plains Cattail - Bulrush Marsh

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This community type is found in the southeastern Great Plains region of the United States. Stands occur in oxbows and low areas along creeks and streams. Soils are poorly drained clays and silty loams. The vegetation is dominated by tall emergents 1-2 m tall. Dominant species include various combinations of Typha angustifolia, Typha domingensis, Typha latifolia, and Schoenoplectus americanus. Other species include Carex hyalinolepis, Eleocharis sp., Lemna minor, and Sagittaria latifolia. In Kansas Schoenoplectus americanus is very uncommon in this type

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: This association includes vegetation dominated by various combinations of Typha spp. with Schoenoplectus americanus in regions to the west of the Ozarks, Ouachitas, and Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain. It should be compared to related vegetation to the east, e.g., ~Typha latifolia Southern Ruderal Marsh (CEGL004150)$$, which is also attributed to Oklahoma and Texas. The relative distribution, composition, and relationship of these two associations in these states need to be properly defined.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: The vegetation is dominated by tall emergents 1-2 m tall. Dominant species include various combinations of Typha angustifolia, Typha domingensis, Typha latifolia, and Schoenoplectus americanus (= Scirpus americanus). Other species include Carex hyalinolepis, Eleocharis sp., Lemna minor, and Sagittaria latifolia. In Kansas Schoenoplectus americanus is very uncommon in this type (Lauver et al. 1999).

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  Stands occur in oxbows and low areas along creeks and streams. Soils are poorly drained clays and silty loams (Lauver et al. 1999).
Geographic Range: This community type is found in the southeastern Great Plains region of the United States, extending from Kansas down to possibly Texas.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  KS, NE, OK, TX


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3G4

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.Nd Eastern North American Temperate Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division D323 2.C.4.Nd
Macrogroup 2.C.4.Nd.5 Prairie Cordgrass - Cattail species - Bulrush species Great Plains Marsh, Wet Meadow, Shrubland & Playa Macrogroup M071 2.C.4.Nd.5
Group 2.C.4.Nd.5.a Cattail species - Chairmaker''s Bulrush - Common Rivergrass Great Plains Freshwater Marsh Group G325 2.C.4.Nd.5.a
Alliance A3487 Narrowleaf Cattail - Broadleaf Cattail - Bulrush species Marsh Alliance A3487 2.C.4.Nd.5.a
Association CEGL002032 (Narrowleaf Cattail, Southern Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail) - Chairmaker''s Bulrush Marsh CEGL002032 2.C.4.Nd.5.a
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Typha (angustifolia, domingensis, latifolia) - Schoenoplectus americanus Herbaceous Vegetation (Faber-Langendoen 2001)
= Lowland Freshwater Marsh (Steinauer and Rolfsmeier 2003)
Concept Author(s): D. Faber-Langendoen (2001)

Author of Description: C. Lauver, K. Kindscher, D. Faber-Langendoen

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 01-31-00
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