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CEGL004902 Pistia stratiotes Invasive Aquatic Vegetation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Water-lettuce Invasive Aquatic Vegetation
Colloquial Name: Invasive Water-lettuce Aquatic Vegetation
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: Stands of this aquatic vegetation are dominated by Pistia stratiotes. Other floating plants are often admixed, including Salvinia auriculata, Spirodela polyrrhiza, Azolla caroliniana, and other aquatics. This association is known from Florida and the Caribbean. The hydrology of sites is usually permanently or semipermanently flooded, although periodic drying can occur.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Reported from South Carolina by Aulbach-Smith (pers. comm. 2001), but it does not reliably over-winter in that state.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: The hydrology of these sites is usually permanently or semipermanently flooded, although periodic drying can occur.
Geographic Range: This association is known from Florida and the Caribbean.
Nations: CU,JM,PR,US,XE
States/Provinces: FL
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNA
Greasons: No Data Available
Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
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Class | 5 Aquatic Vegetation Class | C05 | 5 |
Subclass | 5.B Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Subclass | S13 | 5.B |
Formation | 5.B.1 Tropical Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Formation | F056 | 5.B.1 |
Division | 5.B.1.Ed Neotropical Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Division | D097 | 5.B.1.Ed |
Macrogroup | 5.B.1.Ed.2 Neotropical Ruderal Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Macrogroup | M892 | 5.B.1.Ed.2 |
Group | 5.B.1.Ed.2.a Neotropical Ruderal Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Group | G816 | 5.B.1.Ed.2.a |
Alliance | A1727 Water-lettuce Ruderal Aquatic Bed Alliance | A1727 | 5.B.1.Ed.2.a |
Association | CEGL004902 Water-lettuce Invasive Aquatic Vegetation | CEGL004902 | 5.B.1.Ed.2.a |
Concept Lineage: 2002-05-14: CEGL007680: conspecific and redundant with CEGL004902: M. Pyne | 1998-01-01: CEGL004903: merged
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Eichhornion azureae Alliance (Borhidi 1991)
< Nymphaea-Nelumbo-Pistia Alliance (Lindsay and Horwith 1997)
= Pistia stratiotes Herbaceous Alliance (Areces-Mallea et al. 1999)
? Pistietum stratiotidis Association (Borhidi 1991)
? Water-lettuce Mat -- 29.6 (Dansereau 1966)
? Zona a Pistia (Ciferri 1936)
< Nymphaea-Nelumbo-Pistia Alliance (Lindsay and Horwith 1997)
= Pistia stratiotes Herbaceous Alliance (Areces-Mallea et al. 1999)
? Pistietum stratiotidis Association (Borhidi 1991)
? Water-lettuce Mat -- 29.6 (Dansereau 1966)
? Zona a Pistia (Ciferri 1936)
- Areces-Mallea, A. E., A. S. Weakley, X. Li, R. G. Sayre, J. D. Parrish, C. V. Tipton, and T. Boucher. 1999. A guide to Caribbean vegetation types: Preliminary classification system and descriptions. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 166 pp.
- Aulbach-Smith, C. Personal communication. Botanical Services of SC.
- Borhidi, A. 1991. Phytogeography and vegetation ecology of Cuba. Akademiai Kiado. Budapest, Hungary. 858 pp. plus color plates and map by A. Borhidi and O. Muniz (1970) inside of back cover.
- Ciferri, R. 1936. Studio geobotanico dell''Isola Hispaniola (Antille), R. Universita di Pavia. Atti Ist. Bot. Univ. Pavia 8:3-336.
- Dansereau, P. 1966. Studies on the vegetation of Puerto Rico. Part I. Description and integration of the plant-communities. University of Puerto Rico, Institute of Caribbean Sciences. Special Publication No. 1. Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. 287 pp.
- Lindsay, K., and B. Horwith. 1997. A vegetation classification of Antigua-Barbuda-Redonda: Implications for conservation. Eastern Caribbean Biodiversity Programme, Biodiversity Publication 2. 61 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.