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CEGL004384 Sphagnum cuspidatum Peat Marsh

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Toothed Peatmoss Peat Marsh

Colloquial Name: Vernal Pool (Sphagnum Type)

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This vegetation occurs in depressions with coarse, acidic, Atlantic Coastal Plain sands and is dominated by aquatic mats of Sphagnum cuspidatum. Vascular plants are typically absent, or represented by very limited occurrence of Utricularia spp. These communities generally have surface water for most or all of the winter, and then dry down variably during the growing season. Sphagnum cuspidatum is usually stranded as bleached remnants by early autumn.

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
note: No Data Available

Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: This community occurs on the Atlantic Coastal Plain from New Jersey to Florida.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  DE, FL, GA, NC, NJ, SC




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G2?

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.S. Weakley

Author of Description: A.S. Weakley

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 12-01-94

  • GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
  • Schafale, M. P. 2012. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina, 4th Approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh.
  • Schafale, M. P., and A. S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina. Third approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh. 325 pp.
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.