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CEGL006300 Rhexia virginica - Crotalaria sagittalis Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Virginia Meadowbeauty - Arrowhead Rattlebox Marsh
Colloquial Name: Coastal Plain Cobble - Gravel Pondshore
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This northeastern Coastal Plain pondshore community occurs on substrates of gravel and cobble with little or no organic material accumulation. Characteristic species include Rhexia virginica, Euthamia caroliniana, Rhynchospora capitellata, Cyperus dentatus, Drosera intermedia, Schoenoplectiella smithii, Crotalaria sagittalis, Polygonum careyi, and Hypericum mutilum.
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: Characteristic species include Rhexia virginica, Euthamia caroliniana (= Euthamia tenuifolia), Rhynchospora capitellata, Cyperus dentatus, Drosera intermedia, Schoenoplectiella smithii (= Scirpus smithii), Crotalaria sagittalis, Polygonum careyi, and Hypericum mutilum.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This northeastern Coastal Plain pondshore community occurs on substrates of gravel and cobble with little or no organic material accumulation.
Geographic Range: This association occurs in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: MA, NY, RI
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689527
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2
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 | A1384 Beaksedge species - Redtop Panicgrass - Warty Panicgrass Pondshore Marsh Alliance | A1384 | 2.C.4.Ne.2.h |
| Association | CEGL006300 Virginia Meadowbeauty - Arrowhead Rattlebox Marsh | CEGL006300 | 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: = Panicum wrightianum - Agalinis paupercula Community (Sneddon 1994)
? New England coastal plain pondshore (Rawinski 1984a)
? New England coastal plain pondshore (Rawinski 1984a)
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Edinger, G. J., D. J. Evans, S. Gebauer, T. G. Howard, D. M. Hunt, and A. M. Olivero, editors. 2014a. Ecological communities of New York state. Second edition. A revised and expanded edition of Carol Reschke''s ecological communities of New York state. New York Natural Heritage Program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY.
- Enser, R. W., and J. A. Lundgren. 2006. Natural communities of Rhode Island. A joint project of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Natural Heritage Program and The Nature Conservancy of Rhode Island. Rhode Island Natural History Survey, Kingston. 40 pp. [www.rinhs.org]
- Rawinski, T. 1984a. Natural community description abstract - southern New England calcareous seepage swamp. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Boston, MA. 6 pp.
- Sneddon, L. A. 1994. Descriptions of coastal plain pondshore proposed community elements. Unpublished. The Nature Conservancy, Boston, MA.
- Swain, P. C., and J. B. Kearsley. 2014. Classification of the natural communities of Massachusetts. Version 2.0. Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. Westborough, MA. [http://www.mass.gov/nhesp/http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/dfw/natural-heritage/natural-communities/classification-of-natural-communities.html]