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CEGL006358 Schoenoplectus acutus - Carex lasiocarpa Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Hardstem Bulrush - Woolly-fruit Sedge Marsh
Colloquial Name: Calcareous Bulrush Marsh
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association occurs in standing water on the shores of lakes in limestone regions, and is dominated by the tall bulrush Schoenoplectus acutus. Associates include Carex lasiocarpa, Typha angustifolia, Lysimachia thyrsiflora, and Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani. Aquatic plants such as Utricularia minor, Utricularia intermedia, Lemna spp., and Menyanthes trifoliata often form an "understory" below the bulrushes and cattails. This vegetation is currently known from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey and is possibly present in the limestone regions of New York and Pennsylvania.
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: It is dominated by the tall bulrush Schoenoplectus acutus (= Scirpus acutus). Associates include Carex lasiocarpa, Typha angustifolia, Lysimachia thyrsiflora, and Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (= Scirpus tabernaemontani). Aquatic plants such as Utricularia minor, Utricularia intermedia, Lemna spp., and Menyanthes trifoliata often form an "understory" below the bulrushes and cattails.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association occurs in standing water on the shores of lakes in limestone regions.
Geographic Range: Potential range inferred from ecoregion occurrence. This vegetation is currently known from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey and is possibly present in the limestone regions of New York and Pennsylvania.
Nations: CA,US
States/Provinces: CT, MA, NJ, NY?, PA?, QC?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686760
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1G2
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.2 Broadleaf Cattail - White Snakeroot - Rush species Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup | M069 | 2.C.4.Nd.2 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nd.2.a Bulrush species - Cattail species Freshwater Marsh Group | G125 | 2.C.4.Nd.2.a |
| Alliance | A3664 Hardstem Bulrush - River Bulrush - Softstem Bulrush Marsh Alliance | A3664 | 2.C.4.Nd.2.a |
| Association | CEGL006358 Hardstem Bulrush - Woolly-fruit Sedge Marsh | CEGL006358 | 2.C.4.Nd.2.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Hardstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus acutus) semipermanently flooded grasslands (Metzler and Barrett 2006)
? Southern New England nutrient-poor streamside/lakeside marsh (Rawinski 1984a)
? Southern New England nutrient-rich streamside/lakeside marsh (Rawinski 1984a)
? Southern New England nutrient-poor streamside/lakeside marsh (Rawinski 1984a)
? Southern New England nutrient-rich streamside/lakeside marsh (Rawinski 1984a)
- Breden, T. F., Y. R. Alger, K. S. Walz, and A. G. Windisch. 2001. Classification of vegetation communities of New Jersey: Second iteration. Association for Biodiversity Information and New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Office of Natural Lands Management, Division of Parks and Forestry, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton.
- CDPNQ [Centre de données sur le patrimoine naturel du Québec]. No date. Unpublished data. Centre de données sur le patrimoine naturel du Québec, Québec.
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Metzler, K., and J. Barrett. 2006. The vegetation of Connecticut: A preliminary classification. State Geological and Natural History Survey, Report of Investigations No. 12. Connecticut Natural Diversity Database, Hartford, CT.
- Rawinski, T. 1984a. Natural community description abstract - southern New England calcareous seepage swamp. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Boston, MA. 6 pp.
- Swain, P. C., and J. B. Kearsley. 2014. Classification of the natural communities of Massachusetts. Version 2.0. Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. Westborough, MA. [http://www.mass.gov/nhesp/http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/dfw/natural-heritage/natural-communities/classification-of-natural-communities.html]