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CEGL004144 Schoenoplectus americanus - Carex spp. Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Chairmaker''s Bulrush - Sedge species Marsh
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This wetland herbaceous association is found in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains of Colorado and Oklahoma. This description is based on information from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. This association is located in swales and floodplains of basins surrounded by sand dunes at 2335 m elevation. Surveyed sites are most often semipermanently to temporarily flooded. Soils are poorly drained sandy loams or very poorly drained muck. Ground cover is dominated by either litter and duff (68%) or bare soil (75%). The surveyed areas experience heavy use by bison, elk, and deer. Herbaceous vegetation is dominated by Schoenoplectus americanus with 20-40% cover. Iris missouriensis can be a codominant, but does not occur in every surveyed stand. Additionally, Carex praegracilis can occur at high cover levels, but does not have a consistent dominant presence. Other commonly occurring species that can have variable percent covers, ranging from 10-20%, include Carex utriculata, Argentina anserina, and Hordeum jubatum.
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 wetland herbaceous association is found in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains of Colorado and Oklahoma.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CO, OK
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688014
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
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.Nd Eastern North American Temperate Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division | D323 | 2.C.4.Nd |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.4.Nd.5 Prairie Cordgrass - Cattail species - Bulrush species Great Plains Marsh, Wet Meadow, Shrubland & Playa Macrogroup | M071 | 2.C.4.Nd.5 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nd.5.a Cattail species - Chairmaker''s Bulrush - Common Rivergrass Great Plains Freshwater Marsh Group | G325 | 2.C.4.Nd.5.a |
| Alliance | A3485 Chairmaker''s Bulrush Marsh Alliance | A3485 | 2.C.4.Nd.5.a |
| Association | CEGL004144 Chairmaker''s Bulrush - Sedge species Marsh | CEGL004144 | 2.C.4.Nd.5.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Scirpus americanus herbaceous association (Hoagland 1998a)
- CNHP [Colorado Natural Heritage Program]. 2006-2017. Tracked natural plant communities. Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. [https://cnhp.colostate.edu/ourdata/trackinglist/plant_communities/]
- Hoagland, B. W. 1998a. Classification of Oklahoma vegetation types. Working draft. University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory, Norman. 43 pp.
- Salas, D. E., J. Stevens, K. Schulz, M. Artmann, B. Friesen, S. Blauer, E. W. Schweiger, and A. Valdez. 2010b. Vegetation classification and mapping project report: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. Natural Resource Report NPS/ROMN/NRR--2010/179. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.