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CEGL004125 Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis - Sesuvium maritimum Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Maritime Bearded Sprangletop - Slender Sea-purslane Marsh
Colloquial Name: Atlantic Barrier Island Depression Interdune Pond
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occurs in barrier island depressions of the Atlantic Coast of North (and possibly South) Carolina. This is a brackish, non-tidal, seasonally flooded community including the wettest parts of non-tidal ponds with brackish water from hurricane flooding, storm tides, or island overwash. Stands are dominated by Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis and Sesuvium maritimum. Other characteristic species include Bacopa monnieri, Pluchea odorata var. odorata, Eleocharis parvula.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association is zonal with others (Typha domingensis, alien Phragmites australis).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Stands of this barrier island depression vegetation are dominated by Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis and Sesuvium maritimum. Other characteristic species include Bacopa monnieri, Pluchea odorata var. odorata, Eleocharis parvula. This vegetation is part of a zonal complex with other types (e.g., Typha domingensis, alien Phragmites australis).
Dynamics: The best documented example of this association is a pond on Bluff Island, Bald Head Island Complex (Brunswick County, North Carolina) (A. Weakley pers. obs.?). Judging from this example and its situation, occurrences of this community are likely to be relatively short-lived, being created and destroyed by dynamic, hurricane-driven, coastal processes.
Environmental Description: This community occurs in barrier island depressions of the Atlantic Coast of North (and possibly South) Carolina. This is a brackish, non-tidal, seasonally flooded community including the wettest parts of non-tidal ponds with brackish water from hurricane flooding, storm tides, or island overwash.
Geographic Range: This community occurs in barrier island depressions of the Atlantic Coast of North (and possibly South) Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC, SC?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687654
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1Q
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.c Marsh Fimbry - Spikerush species - Southern Umbrella-sedge Coastal Interdunal Marsh & Prairie Group | G777 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.c |
| Alliance | A3401 Slim Spikerush - Horsetail Spikerush - Southern Umbrella-sedge Interdunal Marsh Alliance | A3401 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.c |
| Association | CEGL004125 Maritime Bearded Sprangletop - Slender Sea-purslane Marsh | CEGL004125 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- 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.
- 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.