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CEGL006610 Juncus repens - Boltonia asteroides Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Lesser Creeping Rush - White Doll''s-daisy Marsh
Colloquial Name: Coastal Plain Creeping Rush - Doll''s-daisy Pond
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This seasonally flooded wetland vegetation occurs on the central Atlantic Coastal Plain, and is known from a single site in Delaware. The vegetation is characterized by Boltonia asteroides, Sclerolepis uniflora, Juncus repens, Ludwigia alternifolia, Dichanthelium spretum, Rhynchospora macrostachya, Rhexia virginica, Polygonum hydropiperoides, Xyris smalliana, Pluchea foetida, and Proserpinaca palustris.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association is documented from a single site at the Assawoman Wildlife Management Area in Delaware. More data are needed to confirm the classification of this type.
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 seasonally flooded wetland vegetation occurs on the central Atlantic Coastal Plain, and is known from a single site in Delaware.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: DE
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689239
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
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.Ne Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division | D322 | 2.C.4.Ne |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.4.Ne.2 Beaksedge species - Spikerush species - Panicgrass species Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Prairie & Marsh Macrogroup | M067 | 2.C.4.Ne.2 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h beaksedge spp. - spikerush spp. - meadowbeauty spp. Pondshore Group | G916 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h |
| Alliance | A3397 Beaksedge species - Bluejoint - Virginia Meadowbeauty Coastal Plain Pondshore Marsh Alliance | A3397 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h |
| Association | CEGL006610 Lesser Creeping Rush - White Doll''s-daisy Marsh | CEGL006610 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Creeping Rush - Boltonia Coastal Plain Pond (Bowman 2000)
- Bowman, P. 2000. Draft classification for Delaware. Unpublished draft. Delaware Natural Heritage Program, Smyrna, DE.
- Clancy, K. 1996. Natural communities of Delaware. Unpublished review draft. Delaware Natural Heritage Program, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Delaware Division of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Smyrna, DE. 52 pp.
- Coxe, R. 2009. Guide to Delaware vegetation communities. Spring 2009 edition. State of Delaware, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Delaware Natural Heritage Program, Smyrna.
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.