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CEGL008447 Sagittaria lancifolia - Sesbania vesicaria - Solidago sempervirens - Lythrum lineare Tidal Marsh

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Bull-tongue Arrowhead - Bagpod - Seaside Goldenrod - Saltmarsh Loosestrife Tidal Marsh

Colloquial Name: Arrowhead - Bagpod Fringing Tidal Marsh

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association occurs as a fringing tidal marsh along oligohaline waters (documented from the head of Mobile Bay, Alabama). The vegetation is dominated by Sagittaria lancifolia. Other common species are Sesbania vesicaria, Alternanthera philoxeroides (exotic), Solidago sempervirens var. mexicana, Pluchea sp., Boltonia asteroides, Lilaeopsis chinensis, Lythrum lineare, Cicuta maculata, Peltandra virginica, Polygonum hydropiperoides, Cyperus sp., Panicum virgatum var. virgatum, and Sesbania punicea (exotic).

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Documented from Meaher State Park, at the head of Mobile Bay, Baldwin County, Alabama.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available

Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: The vegetation is dominated by Sagittaria lancifolia. Other common species are Sesbania vesicaria, Alternanthera philoxeroides (exotic), Solidago sempervirens var. mexicana, Pluchea sp., Boltonia asteroides, Lilaeopsis chinensis, Lythrum lineare, Cicuta maculata, Peltandra virginica, Polygonum hydropiperoides, Cyperus sp., Panicum virgatum var. virgatum (= Panicum virgatum var. cubense), and Sesbania punicea (exotic) (NatureServe Ecology unpubl. data 1999).

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  This association occurs on oligohaline tidal shores.

Geographic Range: This association is known from the East Gulf Coastal Plain. It may be more widespread.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  AL




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G3G4

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: No Data Available

Concept Author(s): A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: A.S. Weakley

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 08-23-00

  • NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern United States. No date. Unpublished data. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.