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CEGL002262 Carex aquatilis - Carex spp. Wet Meadow
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Water Sedge - Sedge species Wet Meadow
Colloquial Name: Northern Water Sedge Wet Meadow
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This water sedge community type is found in the northern Great Plains and northern tallgrass prairie region of the United States and Canada. Stands typically occur in depressions or around ponds or lakes, although they may also develop adjacent to streams or rivers. They are flooded for some time during the growing season in most years and have mostly mineral soils in fresh or slightly saline water. The vegetation is dominated by graminoids approximately 0.4-0.7 m tall. Carex spp. predominate, especially Carex aquatilis, as well as Carex rostrata, Carex lacustris, and Carex stricta. Eleocharis palustris, Schoenoplectus spp., and Typha spp. may all be found in this community. Scolochloa festucacea may be found in drier stands. Woody species are rare, but shrub species may include Salix spp.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This type and its alliance are not well-defined. The concept includes prairie region stands, and should not be extended into the eastern region, except perhaps in the central tall prairie regions of Iowa and Wisconsin. An eastern region Carex aquatilis type may be needed to accommodate those stands.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The vegetation is dominated by graminoids approximately 0.4-0.7 m tall. Carex spp. predominate, especially Carex aquatilis, as well as Carex rostrata, Carex lacustris, and Carex stricta. Eleocharis palustris, Polygonum amphibium, Schoenoplectus spp. (= Scirpus spp.), and Typha spp. may all be found in this community. Scolochloa festucacea may be found in drier stands (Looman 1982). Woody species are rare. If present, they are often shrubs such as Salix spp.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community is typically found in depressions or around ponds or lakes, although it may occur adjacent to streams or rivers. They are flooded for some time during the growing season in most years. Looman (1981a, 1982) found Carex aquatilis-dominated stands in the northern Great Plains on mostly mineral soils in fresh or slightly saline shallow marshes.
Geographic Range: This water sedge community type is found in the northern Great Plains and northern tallgrass prairie region of the United States and Canada, extending from Ontario to Manitoba, south to the Dakotas and Minnesota.
Nations: CA,US
States/Provinces: MB?, MN, ND, ON, SD
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4?
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.2 Broadleaf Cattail - White Snakeroot - Rush species Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup | M069 | 2.C.4.Nd.2 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nd.2.e Prairie Cordgrass - Bluejoint - Sedge species Midwest Wet Prairie, Wet Meadow & Shrub Swamp Group | G770 | 2.C.4.Nd.2.e |
| Alliance | A4105 Sedge species - Canada Bluejoint Midwest Wet Meadow Alliance | A4105 | 2.C.4.Nd.2.e |
| Association | CEGL002262 Water Sedge - Sedge species Wet Meadow | CEGL002262 | 2.C.4.Nd.2.e |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Carex aquatilis - Carex spp. Herbaceous Vegetation (Faber-Langendoen 2001)
> Carex aquatilis association (Looman 1982) [Both of Looman''s (1981a, 1982) Carex aquatilis types are assumed to be in this community based on dominant vegetation and what little environmental information is given]
> Caricetosum aquatilis subassociation (Looman 1981a) [Both of Looman''s (1981a, 1982) Carex aquatilis types are assumed to be in this community based on dominant vegetation and what little environmental information is given.]
> Carex aquatilis association (Looman 1982) [Both of Looman''s (1981a, 1982) Carex aquatilis types are assumed to be in this community based on dominant vegetation and what little environmental information is given]
> Caricetosum aquatilis subassociation (Looman 1981a) [Both of Looman''s (1981a, 1982) Carex aquatilis types are assumed to be in this community based on dominant vegetation and what little environmental information is given.]
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