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CEGL003410 Menyanthes trifoliata Aquatic Vegetation

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Buckbean Aquatic Vegetation

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This wetland herbaceous associations is known from California, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Colorado, and Alaska. It grows in perennial flooded or saturated depressions, on the edges of ponds and lakes, and occasionally along slackwater areas of low-gradient, slow-moving streams. Sites are submerged through much of the year but may dry to the soil surface during the growing season. Water depths average 10-35 cm. Rootmats 25-75 cm thick can form and anchor to the bottom or float. Soils can be silts or organic peats. Ponds and lakes where this association is found are in very low-gradient and wide valleys. This association has low species diversity and can be a monotypic stand of Menyanthes trifoliata. Cover ranges from 10-100%. Commonly co-occurring species include Carex utriculata, Carex limosa, Carex arcta, Eleocharis palustris, Utricularia macrorhiza, Nuphar polysepala, and Potamogeton spp.

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: This association has low species diversity and can be a monotypic stand of Menyanthes trifoliata. Cover ranges from 10-100%. Commonly co-occurring species include Carex utriculata, Carex limosa, Carex arcta, Eleocharis palustris, Utricularia macrorhiza, Nuphar polysepala, and Potamogeton spp.

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  It grows in perennial flooded or saturated depressions, on the edges of ponds and lakes, and occasionally along slackwater areas of low-gradient, slow-moving streams. Sites are submerged through much of the year but may dry to the soil surface during the growing season. Water depths average 10-35 cm. Rootmats 25-75 cm thick can form and anchor to the bottom or float. Soils can be silts or organic peats. Ponds and lakes where this association is found are in very low-gradient and wide valleys.
Geographic Range: This wetland herbaceous associations is known from California, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Colorado, and Alaska, and British Columbia, Canada.

Nations: CA,US

States/Provinces:  AK, BC, CA, CO, OR, WA, WY


Confidence Level: Moderate

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G5

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.2 Rocky Mountain Pond-lily - Pacific Mosquito Fern - Western Waterweed Western North American Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Macrogroup M109 5.B.2.Na.2
Group 5.B.2.Na.2.a Pond-lily species - Pondweed species - Duckweed species Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Group G544 5.B.2.Na.2.a
Alliance A3925 Buckbean Aquatic Vegetation Alliance A3925 5.B.2.Na.2.a
Association CEGL003410 Buckbean Aquatic Vegetation CEGL003410 5.B.2.Na.2.a
Concept Lineage: Upgraded to Standard during screening.

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Equisetum fluviatile - Menyanthes trifoliata Community Type (Ritchie et al. 1981)
? Equisetum fluviatile - Menyanthes trifoliata Community Type (Rosenberg 1986)
? Menyanthes trifoliata - Potentilla palustris (buckbean/marsh cinquefoil) Community Type (Shephard 1995)
? Menyanthes trifoliata (Crowe and Clausnitzer 1997)
= Menyanthes trifoliata (McCain and Christy 2005) [5 plots]
= Menyanthes trifoliata Association (Crowe et al. 2004)
= Menyanthes trifoliata Association (Christy 2004)
= Menyanthes trifoliata Community Type (Boggs 2000) [(Buckbean Community Type) MENTRI G5; S5]
Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

Author of Description: G. Kittel

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 04-06-12
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