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CEGL006264 Rhexia virginica - Panicum verrucosum Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Virginia Meadowbeauty - Warty Panicgrass Marsh
Colloquial Name: Coastal Plain Muck Pondshore
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This coastal plain pondshore community commonly occurs in coastal Massachusetts discontinuously south to Delaware. It occurs on the broad margins of shallow groundwater basins, but is also occurs on the protected shoreline inlets of deeper ponds in New York. The substrate is variable, ranging from loamy sand, sandy loam, or sand with an organic layer from 0 to greater than 20 cm in depth. Characteristic species include Rhexia virginica, Cyperus dentatus, Juncus canadensis, Viola lanceolata, Juncus pelocarpus, Gratiola aurea, Rhynchospora capitellata, Euthamia caroliniana, Drosera intermedia, Hypericum mutilum, Coreopsis rosea, Scleria reticularis, Panicum verrucosum, Xyris torta, Lachnanthes caroliana, Rhynchospora scirpoides, Fuirena squarrosa, and Rhynchospora macrostachya.
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 species include Rhexia virginica, Cyperus dentatus, Juncus canadensis, Viola lanceolata, Juncus pelocarpus, Gratiola aurea, Rhynchospora capitellata, Euthamia caroliniana (= Euthamia tenuifolia), Drosera intermedia, Hypericum mutilum, Coreopsis rosea, Scleria reticularis, Panicum verrucosum, Xyris torta, Lachnanthes caroliana, Rhynchospora scirpoides, Fuirena squarrosa, and Rhynchospora macrostachya.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: It occurs on the broad margins of shallow groundwater basins, but is also occurs on the protected shoreline inlets of deeper ponds in New York. The substrate is variable, ranging from loamy sand, sandy loam, or sand with an organic layer from 0 to greater than 20 cm in depth.
Geographic Range: This coastal plain pondshore community commonly occurs in coastal Massachusetts discontinuously south to Delaware.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CT, DE, MA, MD, NH?, NJ, NY, RI?, VT
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687006
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
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.h beaksedge spp. - spikerush spp. - meadowbeauty spp. Pondshore Group | G916 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h |
| Alliance | A1384 Beaksedge species - Redtop Panicgrass - Warty Panicgrass Pondshore Marsh Alliance | A1384 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h |
| Association | CEGL006264 Virginia Meadowbeauty - Warty Panicgrass Marsh | CEGL006264 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Panicum (verrucosum, spretum) - Rhexia virginica - Fimbristylis autumnalis / Cephalanthus occidentalis Herbaceous Vegetation (Berdine and Gould 1999)
= Panicum (verrucosum, spretum) - Rhexia virginica - Fimbristylis autumnalis / Cephalanthus occidentalis Herbaceous Vegetation (Bartgis 1986)
= Rhexia virginica - Panicum verrucosum Herbaceous Vegetation (Sneddon 1994)
= Rhexia virginica - Panicum spp. community (Metzler and Barrett 2006)
? New England coastal plain pondshore (Rawinski 1984a)
= Panicum (verrucosum, spretum) - Rhexia virginica - Fimbristylis autumnalis / Cephalanthus occidentalis Herbaceous Vegetation (Bartgis 1986)
= Rhexia virginica - Panicum verrucosum Herbaceous Vegetation (Sneddon 1994)
= Rhexia virginica - Panicum spp. community (Metzler and Barrett 2006)
? New England coastal plain pondshore (Rawinski 1984a)
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