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CEGL004120 Carex striata var. brevis Marsh

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Northern Peatland Sedge Marsh

Colloquial Name: Northern Peatland Sedge Coastal Plain Pond

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This vegetation occupies Coastal Plain depression meadows around the perimeter of Coastal Plain ponds and is dominated by Carex striata var. brevis. Examples include vegetation on the outer margins of Coastal Plain pond shores in New York, Maryland and Delaware or in localized swales in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The nominal taxon ranges south to South Carolina, and the association could be found in the Coastal Plain of Virginia and the Carolinas. The substrate is typically composed of sand and gravel, but some community types may occur on organic muck. Carex striata usually occurs in dense stands with few other associates, which may include seedlings of Cephalanthus occidentalis and Acer rubrum, as well as Cladium mariscoides, Rhexia virginica, Bidens frondosa, Rhynchospora macrostachya, Rhynchospora chalarocephala, Fimbristylis autumnalis, Juncus canadensis, Dulichium arundinaceum, Hypericum mutilum, and Panicum hemitomon. Sphagnum is often abundant.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Examples with Quercus phellos canopies should be sought as deciduous forests (e.g., ~Quercus (phellos, michauxii) / Ilex opaca / Clethra alnifolia / Woodwardia areolata Wet Forest (CEGL004644)$$). Carex striata var. brevis can be a component of Coastal Plain depression ponds that are treated in other associations. It can also be found in successional / modified ponds (for example where powerline rights-of-way have cut through pond complexes).

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: Stands are dominated by Carex striata var. brevis (= Carex walteriana var. brevis), which usually occurs in dense stands with few other associates. These may include seedlings of Cephalanthus occidentalis and Acer rubrum, as well as Cladium mariscoides, Rhexia virginica, Bidens frondosa, Rhynchospora macrostachya, Rhynchospora chalarocephala, Fimbristylis autumnalis, Juncus canadensis, Dulichium arundinaceum, Hypericum mutilum, and Panicum hemitomon. Sphagnum is often abundant.

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  This vegetation occupies Coastal Plain depression meadows around the perimeter of Coastal Plain ponds. The substrate is typically composed of sand and gravel, but some community types may occur on organic muck.
Geographic Range: Examples are known from the Coastal Plain in New York, Maryland and Delaware and in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The nominal taxon ranges south to South Carolina (Kartesz 1999), and the association could also be found in the Coastal Plain of Virginia and the Carolinas.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  DE, MD, NC, NJ, NY, SC


Confidence Level: Moderate

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3G4

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 A3397 Beaksedge species - Bluejoint - Virginia Meadowbeauty Coastal Plain Pondshore Marsh Alliance A3397 2.C.4.Ne.2.h
Association CEGL004120 Northern Peatland Sedge Marsh CEGL004120 2.C.4.Ne.2.h
Concept Lineage: concept covered by CEGL004120 per CBY ecology group

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Carex striata / Cephalanthus occidentalis Herbaceous Vegetation (Berdine and Gould 1999)
= Carex striata var. brevis Herbaceous Vegetation (Walz et al. 2006b)
= Carex striata var. brevis Herbaceous Vegetation (Sneddon 1994)
= Carex walteriana Community (Tyndall et al. 1990)
= Walter''s Sedge Palustrine Grassland (PG1) (Windisch 2014a)
Concept Author(s): Tyndall et al. (1990)

Author of Description: M. Pyne

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 01-27-05
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