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CEGL006102 Hottonia inflata - Ludwigia palustris - Callitriche heterophylla Aquatic Vegetation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: American Featherfoil - Marsh Seedbox - Greater Water-starwort Aquatic Vegetation
Colloquial Name: Coastal Plain Featherfoil Aquatic Vegetation
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain aquatic bed occurs on seasonally to semipermanently flooded impoundments along floodplains of small rivers of Virginia. They likely developed as a result of beaver activity damming former stream channels. The vegetation is a floating bed dominated by Hottonia inflata and Ludwigia palustris. Callitriche heterophylla is a constant associate; Nuphar advena may be codominant where it occurs.
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: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This aquatic vegetation occurs on the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of Virginia.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: VA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.721960
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 5 Aquatic Vegetation Class | C05 | 5 |
| Subclass | 5.B Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Subclass | S13 | 5.B |
| Formation | 5.B.2 Temperate to Polar Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Formation | F057 | 5.B.2 |
| Division | 5.B.2.Na North American Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Division | D049 | 5.B.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 5.B.2.Na.1 Hornwort species - Pond-lily species - Pondweed species Eastern North American Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Macrogroup | M108 | 5.B.2.Na.1 |
| Group | 5.B.2.Na.1.a American White Water-lily - Sago Pondweed - Pondweed species Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Group | G114 | 5.B.2.Na.1.a |
| Alliance | A3668 American Featherfoil - Marsh Seedbox Aquatic Vegetation Alliance | A3668 | 5.B.2.Na.1.a |
| Association | CEGL006102 American Featherfoil - Marsh Seedbox - Greater Water-starwort Aquatic Vegetation | CEGL006102 | 5.B.2.Na.1.a |
Concept Lineage: Upgraded to Standard during screening.
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Hottonia inflata - Callitriche heterophylla - (Nuphar advena) Semipermanently Flooded Herbaceous Vegetation (Coulling 2002)
= Hottonia inflata - Ludwigia palustris - Nuphar advena Herbaceous Vegetation (Walton et al. 2001)
< Semipermanent Impoundment (Fleming pers. comm.)
= Hottonia inflata - Ludwigia palustris - Nuphar advena Herbaceous Vegetation (Walton et al. 2001)
< Semipermanent Impoundment (Fleming pers. comm.)
- 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, Gary P. Personal communication. Ecologist, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA.
- Walton, D. P., P. P. Coulling, J. Weber, A. Belden, Jr., and A. C. Chazal. 2001. A plant community classification and natural heritage inventory of the Pamunkey River floodplain. Unpublished report submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Natural Heritage Technical Report 01-19. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond. 200 pp. plus appendices.