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CEGL006177 Carex hyalinolepis Tidal Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Shoreline Sedge Tidal Marsh
Colloquial Name: Shoreline Sedge Tidal Marsh
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This oligohaline marsh, dominated by Carex hyalinolepis, forms adjacent to main tidal river channels in the Chesapeake Bay. Carex hyalinolepis forms nearly monospecific stands. Associated species occurring with low cover include Hibiscus moscheutos, Kosteletzkya virginica, and Spartina cynosuroides.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: On the Rappahannock River (White Marsh) a sampled stand is codominated by Carex hyalinolepis and Acorus calamus and supports much greater diversity, but analysis suggests that this plot represents a compositionally different, possibly ecotonal community type. Carex hyalinolepis forms extensive dominance patches in the understories of tidal and wind-tidal oligohaline Taxodium distichum woodlands along the James, North Landing and Northwest rivers. A similar herb stratum has been documented from an apparently seasonally flooded Acer rubrum - Pinus taeda forest adjacent to a tidal marsh along a tributary of Back River in James City County (Coulling 2002).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Carex hyalinolepis forms nearly monospecific stands. Associated species occurring with low cover include Hibiscus moscheutos (= ssp. moscheutos), Kosteletzkya virginica, and Spartina cynosuroides. Patches are typically <500 m2. Range of richness of sampled stands is 2-10 species per 100 m2.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association occurs at the edge of oligo- to mesohaline marshes adjacent to the main tidal river channel.
Geographic Range: This community type has been documented only from the Pamunkey River (Hill and Lee marshes) in Virginia.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: MD, VA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689258
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.1 Annual Wild Rice - Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Pickerelweed Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Macrogroup | M066 | 2.C.4.Ne.1 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Ne.1.c <i>Zizania aquatica - Spartina patens - Amaranthus cannabinus</i> Freshwater Tidal Marsh Group | G914 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.c |
| Alliance | A4017 Green Arrow-arum - Pickerelweed - Arrowhead species Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Alliance | A4017 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.c |
| Association | CEGL006177 Shoreline Sedge Tidal Marsh | CEGL006177 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Carex hyalinolepis Tidal Herbaceous Vegetation (Coulling 2002)
- Coulling, P. P. 2002. A preliminary classification of tidal marsh, shrub swamp, and hardwood swamp vegetation and assorted non-tidal, chiefly non-maritime, herbaceous wetland communities of the Virginia Coastal Plain. October 2002. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage. Natural Heritage Technical Report 02-18. 30 pp.
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Fleming, G. P., K. D. Patterson, and K. Taverna. 2017. The natural communities of Virginia: A classification of ecological community groups and community types. Third approximation. Version 3.0. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. [http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/natural-communities/]
- Fleming, G. P., K. Taverna, and P. P. Coulling. 2007b. Vegetation classification for the National Capitol Region parks, eastern region. Regional (VA-MD-DC) analysis prepared for NatureServe and USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program, March 2007. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond.
- Harrison, J. W. 2011. The natural communities of Maryland: 2011 working list of ecological community groups and community types. Unpublished report. Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Heritage Service, Natural Heritage Program, Annapolis. 33 pp.
- Harrison, J. W., compiler. 2004. Classification of vegetation communities of Maryland: First iteration. A subset of the International Classification of Ecological Communities: Terrestrial Vegetation of the United States, NatureServe. Maryland Natural Heritage Program, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis. 243 pp.
- Harrison, Jason W. Personal communication. State Community Ecologist, Maryland Wildlife and Heritage Division, Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, MD.