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CEGL004998 Hypericum tenuifolium / Syngonanthus flavidulus - Rhexia salicifolia - (Xyris longisepala) Wet Dwarf-shrubland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Atlantic St. John''s-wort / Yellow Hatpins - Panhandle Meadowbeauty - (Kral''s Yellow-eyed-grass) Wet Dwarf-shrubland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This community is represented by a narrow vegetation zone that encircles limesink ponds in southern Alabama. This zone contains various woody species, with Hypericum tenuifolium being most conspicuous, generally occurring along the uppermost or landward portion. Other woody associates include Hypericum fasciculatum and Hypericum myrtifolium, but less frequently. The herbaceous component is characterized by a mix of Sagittaria isoetiformis, Eleocharis tricostata, Eleocharis melanocarpa, Syngonanthus flavidulus, Lachnocaulon minus, Rhynchospora nitens, Rhynchospora microcarpa, Xyris longisepala, Ludwigia suffruticosa, Rhexia salicifolia, and Eupatorium leptophyllum.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Known from Blue Pond, Conecuh National Forest.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available

Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: This community forms a narrow vegetation zone that encircles limesink ponds. This zone contains various woody species, with Hypericum tenuifolium (= Hypericum reductum) being most conspicuous, generally occurring along the uppermost or landward portion. Other woody associates include Hypericum fasciculatum and Hypericum myrtifolium, but less frequently. The herbaceous component is characterized by a mix of Sagittaria isoetiformis, Eleocharis tricostata, Eleocharis melanocarpa, Syngonanthus flavidulus, Lachnocaulon minus, Rhynchospora nitens, Rhynchospora microcarpa, Xyris longisepala, Ludwigia suffruticosa, Rhexia salicifolia, and Eupatorium leptophyllum.

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: This community is found in southern Alabama.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  AL




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G1G2

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: No Data Available

Concept Author(s): A. Schotz

Author of Description: A. Schotz

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 01-15-98

  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.