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CEGL004926 Justicia americana - Bacopa monnieri Edwards Plateau Riverbed Vegetation

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: American Water-willow - Herb-of-Grace Edwards Plateau Riverbed Vegetation

Colloquial Name: Edwards Plateau Water-willow Rocky Shore

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association occurs on relatively permanently watered streams of the Edwards Plateau of central Texas, in streams which flow over flat-bedded limestone strata. Associated with Justicia americana are Bacopa monnieri, Fuirena simplex, Eleocharis geniculata, Eleocharis montevidensis, and Cyperus spp. Other characteristic species include Ludwigia octovalvis, Ludwigia palustris, Lobelia cardinalis, Rhynchospora nivea, and Rhynchospora colorata.

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
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: Associated with Justicia americana in this type are Bacopa monnieri, Fuirena simplex, Eleocharis geniculata (= Eleocharis caribaea), Eleocharis montevidensis, and Cyperus spp. Other characteristic species include Ludwigia octovalvis, Ludwigia palustris, Lobelia cardinalis, Rhynchospora nivea, and Rhynchospora colorata.

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  This association occurs on the Edwards Plateau of central Texas. It occurs on relatively permanently watered streams of the Edwards Plateau, in streams which flow over flat-bedded limestone strata.

Geographic Range: This association occurs on the Edwards Plateau of central Texas.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  TX




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G3

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: No Data Available

Concept Author(s): B. Carr and A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: B. Carr and A.S. Weakley

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 10-01-97

  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.