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CEGL004101 Arundo donax Riverbank Ruderal Wet Meadow
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Giant Reed Riverbank Ruderal Wet Meadow
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community is common along the Rio Grande of Texas and Mexico, occupying sandy levees and banks. It consists of monospecific stands dominated by the exotic Arundo donax. Similar giant grass communities dominated by Phragmites australis often occur in close proximity.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This community is common along the Rio Grande of Texas and Mexico.
Nations: MX,US
States/Provinces: MXCHH, MXCOA, MXNLE, MXTAM, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687936
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNA
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.Nb Western North American Temperate Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division | D031 | 2.C.4.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.4.Nb.90 Western North American Ruderal Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup | M301 | 2.C.4.Nb.90 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nb.90.a Kentucky Bluegrass - Canadian Horseweed - Canada Thistle Ruderal Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Group | G524 | 2.C.4.Nb.90.a |
| Alliance | A3847 European Common Reed - Giant Reed - Narrowleaf Cattail Ruderal Marsh Alliance | A3847 | 2.C.4.Nb.90.a |
| Association | CEGL004101 Giant Reed Riverbank Ruderal Wet Meadow | CEGL004101 | 2.C.4.Nb.90.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Reed Grass (Plumb 1988)
- Plumb, G. A. 1988. An algorithmic approach to automated vegetation mapping of Big Bend National Park, Texas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Kansas, Lawrence. 449 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.