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CEGL002310 Inland Freshwater Strand Beach Sparse Vegetation

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Inland Freshwater Strand Beach Sparse Vegetation

Colloquial Name: Inland Freshwater Strand Beach

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This freshwater inland lake beach occurs throughout the upper midwestern and northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. Stands may be most common on sandy outwash plains, where lakes are large enough to be affected by wave action or annual fluctuations in water level. Stands are found in the lower beach zone, which has submergent and floating-leaved aquatics tolerant of stranding. Species composition of this type needs to be described; in Pennsylvania the Lake Erie shore is characterized by Ammophila breviligulata, Cakile edentula, Elymus canadensis, Lathyrus japonicus, Argentina anserina, and Xanthium strumarium.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Extent of this type in the region is not well known. Many inland lakes in the region do not have sparsely vegetated beaches.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: The lower beach zone has submergent and floating-leaved aquatics tolerant of stranding (MNNHP 1993). The upper beach zone has both perennial graminoids tolerant of inundation and erosion and annual species. Species composition of this type needs to be described. In Pennsylvania the Lake Erie shore is characterized by Ammophila breviligulata, Cakile edentula, Elymus canadensis, Lathyrus japonicus, Argentina anserina (= Potentilla anserina), and Xanthium strumarium.

Dynamics:  Wave action and annual fluctuations in water level disturb these sandy beaches.
Environmental Description:  Stands may be most common on sandy outwash plains (MNNHP 1993), presumably where lakes are large enough to be affected by wave action or annual fluctuations in water level.
Geographic Range: This freshwater inland lake beach occurs locally throughout the upper midwestern and northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ranging from Minnesota and Saskatchewan southeastward to Indiana and northeastward to Vermont and Ontario.

Nations: CA,US

States/Provinces:  IN?, MB, ME, MI, MN, NY, ON, PA, SK, VT, WI


Confidence Level: Low

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4G5

Greasons: No Data Available
Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Class 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class C02 2
Subclass 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass S18 2.B
Formation 2.B.4 Temperate to Polar Scrub & Herb Coastal Vegetation Formation F005 2.B.4
Division 2.B.4.Na Eastern North American Coastal Scrub & Herb Vegetation Division D026 2.B.4.Na
Macrogroup 2.B.4.Na.1 Eastern North American Coastal Beach & Rocky Shore Macrogroup M060 2.B.4.Na.1
Group 2.B.4.Na.1.e Eastern North America Inland Beach & Rocky Shore Group G342 2.B.4.Na.1.e
Alliance A1862 Inland Lake Strand Beach Alliance A1862 2.B.4.Na.1.e
Association CEGL002310 Inland Freshwater Strand Beach Sparse Vegetation CEGL002310 2.B.4.Na.1.e
Concept Lineage: This type is essentially synonymous with 2310.

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Inland Freshwater Strand Beach Sparse Vegetation (Faber-Langendoen 2001) [Beach Inland Subtype]
= Lake Beach (Inland Section) Sand Subtype (MNNHP 1993)
Concept Author(s): D. Faber-Langendoen (2001)

Author of Description: D. Faber-Langendoen and L.A. Sneddon

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 02-17-12
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