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CEGL004171 Eleocharis sp. - Iva angustifolia - Distichlis spicata Grassland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Spikerush species - Narrowleaf Marsh-elder - Saltgrass Grassland
Colloquial Name: Coastal Plain Inland Salt Seepage Barrens
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association occurs on high sodium substrates apparently associated with inland subsurface salt domes in Louisiana and Arkansas. The clayey soils (Bonn series, a Glossic Natraqualf in Louisiana) are saturated to rarely flooded with saline seepage. Saline springs form small (1- to 2-m diameter) artesian pimple hummocks or "ooze mounds" at scattered locations. The vegetation is patchy, with much bare soil. The shrub stratum consists of widely scattered individuals of Sabal minor and Baccharis halimifolia. The herbaceous stratum consists of scattered patches of Eleocharis sp., Iva angustifolia (an annual), Distichlis spicata, Juncus sp., Bacopa monnieri, and others.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The vegetation in stands of this type is patchy, with much bare soil. The shrub stratum consists of widely scattered individuals of Sabal minor and Baccharis halimifolia. The herbaceous stratum consists of scattered patches of Eleocharis sp., Iva angustifolia (an annual), Distichlis spicata, Juncus sp., Bacopa monnieri, and others.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association occurs on high sodium substrates apparently associated with inland subsurface salt domes. The clayey soils (Bonn series, a Glossic Natraqualf in Louisiana) are saturated to rarely flooded with saline seepage. Saline springs form small (1- to 2-m diameter) artesian pimple hummocks or "ooze mounds" at scattered locations.
Geographic Range: This rare association is restricted to salt domes in Louisiana and Arkansas.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AR, LA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689523
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass | S18 | 2.B |
| Formation | 2.B.2 Temperate Grassland & Shrubland Formation | F012 | 2.B.2 |
| Division | 2.B.2.Nh Southeastern North American Grassland & Shrubland Division | D102 | 2.B.2.Nh |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.2.Nh.3 Poverty Dropseed - Little Bluestem - Calamint species Southern Barrens & Glade Macrogroup | M308 | 2.B.2.Nh.3 |
| Group | 2.B.2.Nh.3.a Little Bluestem - Limestone Calamint - Nuttall''s Rayless-goldenrod Southeastern Coastal Plain Barrens & Glade Group | G584 | 2.B.2.Nh.3.a |
| Alliance | A4093 Narrowleaf Marsh-elder - Limestone Calamint - Saltgrass West Gulf Coastal Plain Saline & Weches Bedrock Grassland Alliance | A4093 | 2.B.2.Nh.3.a |
| Association | CEGL004171 Spikerush species - Narrowleaf Marsh-elder - Saltgrass Grassland | CEGL004171 | 2.B.2.Nh.3.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- LNHP [Louisiana Natural Heritage Program]. 2009. Natural communities of Louisiana. Louisiana Natural Heritage Program, Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, Baton Rouge. 46 pp. [http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/page_wildlife/6776-Rare%20Natural%20Communities/LA_NAT_COM.pdf]
- Smith, L. M. 1996b. The rare and sensitive natural wetland plant communities of interior Louisiana. Unpublished document. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Louisiana Natural Heritage Program, Baton Rouge. 38 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.