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CEGL004724 Carex hyalinolepis Marsh

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Shoreline Sedge Marsh

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association is a seasonally flooded herbaceous wetland dominated by Carex hyalinolepis. Other species present (in small amounts) include Rumex verticillatus, Ipomoea sagittata, and Cyperus spp. This association occurs in seasonally flooded depressions in sea islands of South Carolina. The water is fresh, but receives salt water in hurricane events.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Based on plot data from the North Carolina Vegetation Survey.

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 association is known from South Carolina.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  SC




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G1G3

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: 05-01-97

  • Peet, R. K., T. R. Wentworth, M. P. Schafale, and A.S. Weakley. No date. Unpublished data of the North Carolina Vegetation Survey. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.