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CEGL003869 Hypericum fasciculatum / Rhynchospora (chapmanii, harperi) Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Peelbark St. John''s-wort / (Chapman''s Beaksedge, Harper''s Beaksedge) Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: Peelbark St. John''s-wort Pond
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: Wet prairies and depressional wetlands dominated by the needle-leaved Hypericum fasciculatum. Rhynchospora chapmanii and Rhynchospora harperi are frequent associates. Other species present in southern Florida examples (Okeechobee County) include Proserpinaca pectinata, Gratiola sp., Pluchea sp., Rhynchospora inundata, Rhynchospora spp., Lachnanthes caroliana, and Oxypolis filiformis.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Examples are known at Gulf State Park, Baldwin County, Alabama, and at Kissimmee Prairie State Preserve, Okeechobee County, Florida.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Stands are dominated by the needle-leaved Hypericum fasciculatum. Rhynchospora chapmanii and Rhynchospora harperi are frequent associates. Other species present in southern Florida examples (Okeechobee County) include Proserpinaca pectinata, Gratiola sp., Pluchea sp., Rhynchospora inundata, Rhynchospora spp., Lachnanthes caroliana, and Oxypolis filiformis. This vegetation may grade into adjacent pond zones dominated by Panicum hemitomon, for example on the Apalachicola National Forest (Florida). Floating aquatic plants such as Nuphar orbiculata (= Nuphar lutea ssp. orbiculata) may be present.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community occurs in seasonally inundated depressional wetlands in very flat landscapes of the Outer Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States. It includes wet prairies and depressional wetlands, such as ponds or zones of ponds.
Geographic Range: This association is found in the East Gulf Coastal Plain and South Atlantic Coastal Plain in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. It is probable in the Florida peninsula. It should not be attributed to NC (M. Schafale pers. comm.).
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AL, FL, GA, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687814
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
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.g Beaksedge species - Spikerush species - Yellow-eyed-grass species Pondshore & Wet Prairie Group | G915 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.g |
| Alliance | A1383 Broad-fruit Horned Beaksedge - Narrow-fruit Horned Beaksedge Pondshore Marsh Alliance | A1383 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.g |
| Association | CEGL003869 Peelbark St. John''s-wort / (Chapman''s Beaksedge, Harper''s Beaksedge) Wet Shrubland | CEGL003869 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.g |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Hypericum fasciculatum / Rhynchospora (chapmanii, harperi) Shrubland (ALNHP 2002)
- ALNHP [Alabama Natural Heritage Program]. 2002. Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge: Natural community and rare plant survey. Alabama Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy, Montgomery.
- Chafin, L. 2011. Georgia''s natural communities and associated rare plant and animal species: Thumbnail accounts. Based on "Guide to the Natural Communities of Georgia," by Edwards et al. 2013. University of Georgia Press. Georgia Nongame Conservation Section, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. 125 pp.
- GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
- Schafale, Mike P. Personal communication. Ecologist, North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.