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CEGL007671 Eichhornia crassipes Southeast Temperate Ruderal Aquatic Vegetation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Common Water-hyacinth Southeast Temperate Ruderal Aquatic Vegetation
Colloquial Name: Ruderal Water-hyacinth Aquatic Vegetation
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association includes floating or rooted aquatic vegetation dominated by Eichhornia crassipes; stands are often essentially monospecific. Other species may include Paspalidium geminatum, Lemna spp., Azolla caroliniana, Pistia stratiotes, Spirodela polyrrhiza, Salvinia auriculata.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Usually floating but becoming rooted with lowered water table. Not certain if correctly placed here. Reported from South Carolina by C. Aulbach-Smith (pers. comm. 2001). The species does overwinter in South Carolina in numerous counties in the Coastal Plain from Orangeburg County to the coast. Reported from Lake Whitney at Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia (in National Park Service correspondence dated 1998); it is not known how persistent it is or will become there.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Stands of this association are often essentially monospecific floating or rooted aquatic vegetation dominated by Eichhornia crassipes. Other species may include Paspalidium geminatum, Lemna spp., Azolla caroliniana, Pistia stratiotes, Spirodela polyrrhiza, and Salvinia auriculata.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: These essentially monospecific mats of floating or rooted aquatic vegetation dominated by Eichhornia crassipes are found in disturbed marshes.
Geographic Range: This association is found in the southeastern United States and adjacent Mexico.
Nations: MX,US
States/Provinces: AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC?, SC, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNA
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.90 Common Water-hyacinth - Brazilian Waterweed - Alligator-weed Ruderal Aquatic Vegetation Macrogroup | M401 | 5.B.2.Na.90 |
| Group | 5.B.2.Na.90.a Common Water-hyacinth - Alligator-weed - Water Chestnut Ruderal Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Group | G595 | 5.B.2.Na.90.a |
| Alliance | A4219 Common Water-hyacinth - Alligator-weed Ruderal Aquatic Vegetation Alliance | A4219 | 5.B.2.Na.90.a |
| Association | CEGL007671 Common Water-hyacinth Southeast Temperate Ruderal Aquatic Vegetation | CEGL007671 | 5.B.2.Na.90.a |
Concept Lineage: merged
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Eichhornia crassipes Herbaceous Vegetation (Areces-Mallea et al. 1999)
? Eichhornietum crassipedis (Samek and Moncada 1971)
? Eichhornietum crassipedis (Borhidi 1991)
< Vegetazione dei fiume a lento corso (Ciferri 1936)
< Vegetazione delle Isole galleggianti (Ciferri 1936)
? Water-hyacinth Mat -- 27.6 (Dansereau 1966)
? Eichhornietum crassipedis (Samek and Moncada 1971)
? Eichhornietum crassipedis (Borhidi 1991)
< Vegetazione dei fiume a lento corso (Ciferri 1936)
< Vegetazione delle Isole galleggianti (Ciferri 1936)
? Water-hyacinth Mat -- 27.6 (Dansereau 1966)
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- Aulbach-Smith, C. Personal communication. Botanical Services of SC.
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