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CEGL007745 Saccharum baldwinii - Carex glaucescens - Rhynchospora corniculata Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Narrow Plumegrass - Southern Waxy Sedge - Short-bristle Horned Beaksedge Marsh
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: These seasonally flooded upland depressions occur on clays in the Inner Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia. Species present include Saccharum baldwinii, Carex glaucescens, Rhynchospora corniculata, Rhynchospora perplexa, Juncus repens, Scirpus cyperinus, Rhexia mariana, Ludwigia linearis, Cyperus pseudovegetus, Juncus debilis, Erechtites hieraciifolius, Smilax rotundifolia, Saccharum giganteum, Rhynchospora inexpansa, Rhynchospora glomerata, and Panicum rigidulum.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association needs to be compared to other communities in its alliance.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Species present in stands of this association include Saccharum baldwinii, Carex glaucescens, Rhynchospora corniculata, Rhynchospora perplexa, Juncus repens, Scirpus cyperinus, Rhexia mariana, Ludwigia linearis, Cyperus pseudovegetus, Juncus debilis, Erechtites hieraciifolius, Smilax rotundifolia, Saccharum giganteum, Rhynchospora inexpansa, Rhynchospora glomerata, and Panicum rigidulum.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: These seasonally flooded upland depressions occur on clays in the Inner Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia.
Geographic Range: These seasonally flooded upland depressions occur in the Inner Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: VA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689300
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
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 | CEGL007745 Narrow Plumegrass - Southern Waxy Sedge - Short-bristle Horned Beaksedge Marsh | CEGL007745 | 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: ? Diospyros virginiana / Saccharum baldwinii - Panicum verrucosum Subassociation (Rawinski 1997)
? Saccharum giganteum - Panicum rigidulum - Eleocharis tuberculosa Subassociation (Rawinski 1997)
= Saccharum giganteum - Saccharum baldwinii - Panicum rigidulum - Carex glaucescens Herbaceous Vegetation (Fleming and Patterson 2003)
? Coastal Plain Depression Pond (Rawinski 1992)
? Saccharum giganteum - Panicum rigidulum - Eleocharis tuberculosa Subassociation (Rawinski 1997)
= Saccharum giganteum - Saccharum baldwinii - Panicum rigidulum - Carex glaucescens Herbaceous Vegetation (Fleming and Patterson 2003)
? Coastal Plain Depression Pond (Rawinski 1992)
- 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/]
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- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.