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CEGL004326 Nymphaea odorata - Nuphar advena - (Nymphoides aquatica, Xyris smalliana) Aquatic Vegetation

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: American White Water-lily - Broadleaf Pond-lily - (Big Floatingheart, Small''s Yellow-eyed-grass) Aquatic Vegetation

Colloquial Name: Small Depression Pond (Open Lily Pond Type)

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: Aquatic zones of deeper-water Coastal Plain limesink ponds dominated by Nymphaea odorata, Nuphar advena, and possibly Nymphoides aquatica and/or Xyris smalliana. Other characteristic species include Utricularia spp. and Myriophyllum laxum.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Coastal Plain pond communities need reassessment, with additional information from the Deep South and from Delmarva-New Jersey-New England.

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:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  FL?, GA?, NC, SC




Confidence Level: Low

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): A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: A.S. Weakley

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 03-10-09

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  • 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.