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CEGL004040 Uniola paniculata - Hydrocotyle bonariensis Grassland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sea-oats - Beach Marsh-pennywort Grassland
Colloquial Name: Sea-oats Dune Grassland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This dune grassland is the characteristic foredune vegetation along the southern Atlantic Coast, from the northeastern coast of Florida (Fort Matanzas National Monument) ranging northward into coastal North Carolina, east of the range of Schizachyrium maritimum, and north of the tropical species of southern Florida. Uniola paniculata is the dominant grass. Other characteristic species include Hydrocotyle bonariensis, Iva imbricata, Spartina patens, and Ipomoea imperati.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Based on Johnson and Muller (1993a). Estimated extent of about 2200 acres remaining in Florida. Distribution in South Carolina needs verification. Characteristic and dominant species all listed for Maritime Grassland (Nelson 1986).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Uniola paniculata is the dominant grass in this beach dune community. Other characteristic species include Hydrocotyle bonariensis, Iva imbricata, Spartina patens, Ipomoea imperati, Heterotheca subaxillaris, and Panicum amarum.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This sea-oats beach dune community occurs along the southern Atlantic Coast, from the northeastern coast of Florida (Fort Matanzas National Monument) ranging northward into coastal North Carolina.
Geographic Range: This beach dune vegetation occurs along the southern Atlantic Coast, from the northeastern coast of Florida (Fort Matanzas National Monument) ranging northward into coastal North Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: FL, GA, NC, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687367
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3?
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass | S18 | 2.B |
| Formation | 2.B.4 Temperate to Polar Scrub & Herb Coastal Vegetation Formation | F005 | 2.B.4 |
| Division | 2.B.4.Na Eastern North American Coastal Scrub & Herb Vegetation Division | D026 | 2.B.4.Na |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.4.Na.2 American Beachgrass - Sea-oats - Seaside Goldenrod Dune & Grassland Macrogroup | M057 | 2.B.4.Na.2 |
| Group | 2.B.4.Na.2.a Wax-myrtle - Sea-oats - Shore Little Bluestem Dune & Grassland Group | G494 | 2.B.4.Na.2.a |
| Alliance | A1199 Sea-oats - Bitter Panicgrass Dune Grassland Alliance | A1199 | 2.B.4.Na.2.a |
| Association | CEGL004040 Sea-oats - Beach Marsh-pennywort Grassland | CEGL004040 | 2.B.4.Na.2.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Northeast Beach Dune (Johnson and Muller 1993a)
? Northeast Florida beach dune community (Johnson and Muller 1993b)
? Northeast Florida beach dune community (Johnson and Muller 1993b)
- FNAI [Florida Natural Areas Inventory]. 2010a. Guide to the natural communities of Florida: 2010 edition. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, FL. 228 pp. [https://fnai.org/naturalcommguide.cfm]
- GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
- Johnson, A. F., and J. W. Muller. 1993a. An assessment of Florida''s remaining coastal upland natural communities: Final summary report. The Nature Conservancy, Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee. 37 pp.
- Johnson, A. F., and J. W. Muller. 1993b. An assessment of Florida''s remaining coastal upland natural communities: Northeast Florida. The Nature Conservancy, Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee. 10 pp. plus appendices.
- McManamay, R. H. 2017a. Vegetation mapping at Cumberland Island National Seashore. Natural Resource Report NPS/SECN/NRR--2017/1511. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 422 pp.
- Nelson, J. B. 1986. The natural communities of South Carolina: Initial classification and description. South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Columbia, SC. 55 pp.
- Peet, R. K., T. R. Wentworth, M. P. Schafale, and A.S. Weakley. No date. Unpublished data of the North Carolina Vegetation Survey. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- Schafale, M. P. 2012. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina, 4th Approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh.
- Schafale, M. P., and A. S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina. Third approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh. 325 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.