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CEGL003910 (Diospyros virginiana, Platanus occidentalis) / Eupatorium serotinum - Diodia virginiana Ruderal Wet Meadow
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: (Common Persimmon, American Sycamore) / Late-flowering Thoroughwort - Virginia Buttonweed Ruderal Wet Meadow
Colloquial Name: Artificial Lake Drawdown Zone
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association consists of drawdown zones around artificial impoundments in the Southern Appalachians and likely adjacent provinces. Physiognomy and composition are highly variable. A scattering to sometimes well-developed stratum of woody trees and saplings is sometimes present, and often includes species such as Diospyros virginiana, Betula nigra, and Platanus occidentalis. Characteristic herbs are weedy colonizers, such as Eupatorium serotinum, Diodia virginiana, Juncus effusus, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Juncus tenuis, Scirpus cyperinus, Lobelia inflata, Lobelia cardinalis, Apocynum cannabinum, Polygonum hydropiperoides, Acalypha virginica, Andropogon virginicus, Panicum spp., Hypericum mutilum, Hypericum punctatum, Plantago spp., Pseudognaphalium spp., and others.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This type will need substantial additional documentation, likely leading to classification and nomenclatural changes.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Physiognomy and composition are highly variable. A scattering to sometimes well-developed stratum of woody trees and saplings is sometime present, and often includes species such as Diospyros virginiana, Betula nigra, and Platanus occidentalis. Characteristic herbs are weedy colonizers, such as Eupatorium serotinum, Diodia virginiana, Juncus effusus, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Juncus tenuis, Scirpus cyperinus, Lobelia inflata, Lobelia cardinalis, Apocynum cannabinum, Polygonum hydropiperoides, Acalypha virginica, Andropogon virginicus, Panicum spp., Hypericum mutilum, Hypericum punctatum, Plantago spp., Pseudognaphalium spp., and others.
Dynamics: This community is highly variable in space and time, due to differences in substrate, flooding regime, length of time since flooding, etc.
Environmental Description: This community occurs along shores of artificial impoundments.
Geographic Range: This community is found at low elevations of the southern Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, northern Georgia, and probably northwestern South Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: GA, NC, SC?, TN
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688321
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNA
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.90 Common Rush - Purple Loosestrife - Reed Canarygrass Eastern North American Ruderal Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup | M303 | 2.C.4.Nd.90 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nd.90.a Bushy Bluestem - Common Rush Ruderal Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Group | G557 | 2.C.4.Nd.90.a |
| Alliance | A3411 Lowland Toothcup - Blunt Spikerush - Slender Fimbry Annual Ruderal Wet Meadow Alliance | A3411 | 2.C.4.Nd.90.a |
| Association | CEGL003910 (Common Persimmon, American Sycamore) / Late-flowering Thoroughwort - Virginia Buttonweed Ruderal Wet Meadow | CEGL003910 | 2.C.4.Nd.90.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- 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.
- Weakley, Alan, PhD. Personal communication. Curator, UNC Herbarium, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Formerly Chief Ecologist, NatureServe, Southeast Region, Durham, NC.