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CEGL008590 Stuckenia pectinata - Vallisneria americana Aquatic Vegetation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sago Pondweed - American Eel-grass Aquatic Vegetation
Colloquial Name: Florida Peninsula Freshwater Spring Vegetation
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association represents freshwater aquatic vegetation of the Florida Peninsula, documented from the Ocala National Forest. It occupies large, clear water, spring-fed streams, forming beds in freshwater "spring runs." Stands are dominated or codominated by Stuckenia pectinata, with Vallisneria americana. Other characteristic species include Najas guadalupensis. The precise geographical and conceptual boundary between this and the equivalent Florida Panhandle type, ~Sagittaria kurziana - Potamogeton illinoensis - Vallisneria americana Aquatic Vegetation (CEGL004332)$$, is not entirely clear.
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: The dominant species in stands of this type is Stuckenia pectinata (= Potamogeton pectinatus), with Vallisneria americana (NatureServe Ecology unpubl. data). Other characteristic species include Najas guadalupensis. The large and distinctive plants of Vallisneria have sometimes been considered a distinct species, Vallisneria neotropicalis; this now regarded as a synonym of Vallisneria americana (Kartesz 1999).
Dynamics: This vegetation is found in an aquatic habitat with extremely clear water with near constant water level, chemistry, and temperature.
Environmental Description: This vegetation forms beds in freshwater "spring runs" (spring-fed rivers and streams) on the Florida Peninsula, with near constant water level, chemistry, and temperature; water is generally clear, circumneutral to alkaline, and perennially cool (FNAI 1992b). Alluvium is virtually absent.
Geographic Range: This association is limited to spring runs in the Florida Peninsula of the United States.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: FL
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688175
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 5 Aquatic Vegetation Class | C05 | 5 |
| Subclass | 5.B Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Subclass | S13 | 5.B |
| Formation | 5.B.2 Temperate to Polar Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Formation | F057 | 5.B.2 |
| Division | 5.B.2.Na North American Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Division | D049 | 5.B.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 5.B.2.Na.1 Hornwort species - Pond-lily species - Pondweed species Eastern North American Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Macrogroup | M108 | 5.B.2.Na.1 |
| Group | 5.B.2.Na.1.a American White Water-lily - Sago Pondweed - Pondweed species Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Group | G114 | 5.B.2.Na.1.a |
| Alliance | A4068 American Eel-grass Aquatic Vegetation Alliance | A4068 | 5.B.2.Na.1.a |
| Association | CEGL008590 Sago Pondweed - American Eel-grass Aquatic Vegetation | CEGL008590 | 5.B.2.Na.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Kartesz, J. T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: J. T. Kartesz and C. A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC.
- NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern United States. No date. Unpublished data. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.