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CEGL005180 Deschampsia cespitosa - Spartina pectinata - Schizachyrium scoparium - Oligoneuron ohioense Wet Meadow
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Tufted Hairgrass - Prairie Cordgrass - Little Bluestem - Ohio Goldenrod Wet Meadow
Colloquial Name: Midwest Wet-Mesic Dolomite Prairie
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community type is a grassland found in northeastern Illinois on shallow, temporarily flooded or frequently saturated soil over dolomite bedrock. This community has a dense cover of herbaceous vegetation. The most abundant species include Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex sartwellii, Carex scoparia, Carex sterilis, Arnoglossum plantagineum, Deschampsia cespitosa, Clinopodium arkansanum, Schizachyrium scoparium, Oligoneuron ohioense, and Spartina pectinata. Woody species are virtually absent.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Type concept was taken from Illinois state classification Wet Dolomite Prairie and Wet-Mesic Dolomite Prairie (White and Madany 1978). Type was included as part of an alvar analysis to determine whether it might fit the alvar category. After review the alvar working group decided that although the moisture regime was similar to alvars, the soils were in general deeper. This community also appears to depend on frequent fires and has many distinctive prairie species not found in alvars (Reschke et al. 1998).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This community has a dense cover of herbaceous vegetation. The most abundant species include Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex sartwellii, Carex scoparia, Carex sterilis, Arnoglossum plantagineum, Deschampsia cespitosa, Clinopodium arkansanum (= Satureja arkansana), Schizachyrium scoparium, Oligoneuron ohioense (= Solidago ohioensis), and Spartina pectinata. Woody species are virtually absent (White and Madany 1978).
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community is found on shallow, temporarily flooded or frequently saturated soil over dolomite bedrock (White and Madany 1978).
Geographic Range: This community type is a grassland found in northeastern Illinois on shallow, temporarily flooded or frequently saturated soil over dolomite bedrock.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: IL
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1G2
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 | A3654 Prairie Cordgrass Wet Prairie Alliance | A3654 | 2.C.4.Nd.2.e |
| Association | CEGL005180 Tufted Hairgrass - Prairie Cordgrass - Little Bluestem - Ohio Goldenrod Wet Meadow | CEGL005180 | 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: = Deschampsia caespitosa - Spartina pectinata - Schizachyrium scoparium - Oligoneuron ohioense Herbaceous Vegetation (Faber-Langendoen 2001)
> Wet Dolomite Prairie (White and Madany 1978)
> Wet-Mesic Dolomite Prairie (White and Madany 1978)
> Wet Dolomite Prairie (White and Madany 1978)
> Wet-Mesic Dolomite Prairie (White and Madany 1978)
- Faber-Langendoen, D., editor. 2001. Plant communities of the Midwest: Classification in an ecological context. Association for Biodiversity Information, Arlington, VA. 61 pp. plus appendix (705 pp.).
- Jackson, M. T. 1979. A classification of Indiana plant communities. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 89:159-171.
- Midwestern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Minneapolis, MN.
- Reschke, C., R. Reid, J. Jones, T. Feeney, and H. Potter, on behalf of the Alvar Working Group. 1998. Conserving Great Lakes Alvars. Final Technical Report of the International Alvar Conservation Initiative. The Nature Conservancy, Great Lakes Program, Chicago, IL. 119 pp. plus 4 appendices.
- White, J., and M. Madany. 1978. Classification of natural communities in Illinois. Pages 311-405 in: Natural Areas Inventory technical report: Volume I, survey methods and results. Illinois Natural Areas Inventory, Urbana, IL.