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CEGL006332 Cladium mariscoides - Coelorachis rugosa Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Smooth Sawgrass - Wrinkled Joint-tail Grass Marsh
Colloquial Name: Cape May-Delmarva Depression Marsh
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This seasonally flooded, Coastal Plain, depressional wetland occurs in southern New Jersey and Delaware. The substrate is sandy loam over sandy clay loam. The vegetation is diverse, with Cladium mariscoides arguably the most characteristic species. Herbaceous associates may include Dichanthelium spretum, Coelorachis rugosa, Boltonia asteroides, Eryngium aquaticum, Rhexia virginica, Fimbristylis autumnalis, Scleria reticularis, Sclerolepis uniflora, and others. Additional species at the site in Delaware include Panicum hemitomon, Rhynchospora chalarocephala, Scleria reticularis, Proserpinaca pectinata, Fimbristylis autumnalis, Dichanthelium hirstii, Rhexia aristosa, Sabatia difformis, and Xyris smalliana.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association occurs in two known sites: Bennet Bog, New Jersey, and Assawoman Bay Wildlife Management Area, Delaware. There are many differences between the two sites, and hydrologic alteration confounds the classification to some degree. It is possible that two separate associations occur at these two sites, but more data are needed to justify this separation.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The vegetation is diverse, with Cladium mariscoides arguably the most characteristic species. Herbaceous associates may include Dichanthelium spretum (= Panicum spretum), Coelorachis rugosa, Boltonia asteroides, Eryngium aquaticum, Rhexia virginica, Fimbristylis autumnalis, Scleria reticularis, Sclerolepis uniflora, and others. Additional species at the site in Delaware include Panicum hemitomon, Rhynchospora chalarocephala, Scleria reticularis, Proserpinaca pectinata, Fimbristylis autumnalis, Dichanthelium hirstii (= Panicum hirstii), Rhexia aristosa, Sabatia difformis, and Xyris smalliana.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This seasonally flooded, Coastal Plain, depressional wetland occurs in southern New Jersey and Delaware. The substrate is sandy loam over sandy clay loam.
Geographic Range: This wetland occurs in southern New Jersey and Delaware.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: DE, NJ
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1
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 | CEGL006332 Smooth Sawgrass - Wrinkled Joint-tail Grass Marsh | CEGL006332 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Cladium mariscoides - Coelorachis rugosa Herbaceous Vegetation (Sneddon 1994)
= Cladium mariscoides - Coelorachis rugosa Herbaceous Vegetation (Walz et al. 2006b)
= Cladium mariscoides - Coelorachis rugosa Herbaceous Vegetation (Walz et al. 2006b)
- Breden, T. F., Y. R. Alger, K. S. Walz, and A. G. Windisch. 2001. Classification of vegetation communities of New Jersey: Second iteration. Association for Biodiversity Information and New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Office of Natural Lands Management, Division of Parks and Forestry, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton.
- Coxe, R. 2009. Guide to Delaware vegetation communities. Spring 2009 edition. State of Delaware, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Delaware Natural Heritage Program, Smyrna.
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Sneddon, L. A. 1994. Descriptions of coastal plain pondshore proposed community elements. Unpublished. The Nature Conservancy, Boston, MA.
- Walz, K. S., S. Stanford, N. L. Adamson, L. Kelly, K. Anderson, K. Laidig, and J. Bonnell. 2006b. Coastal Plain intermittent pondshore communities of New Jersey. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Parks and Forestry, Office of Natural Lands Management, Natural Heritage Program, Trenton, NJ. 50 pp.