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CEGL006094 Nuphar sagittifolia Tidal Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Narrowleaf Pond-lily Tidal Marsh
Colloquial Name: Narrowleaf Pond-lily Tidal Marsh
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This freshwater tidal vegetation occurs on the low intertidal to subtidal portion of rivers on the Virginia Coastal Plain. The vegetation occurs as essentially monospecific stands of Nuphar sagittifolia.
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 occurs as essentially monospecific stands of Nuphar sagittifolia (= Nuphar lutea ssp. sagittifolia).
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This freshwater tidal vegetation occurs on the low intertidal to subtidal portion of Coastal Plain rivers.
Geographic Range: This vegetation occurs on the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of Virginia and southeastern North Carolina. In Virginia, this community and its nominal species are restricted to a 4 km reach of the Chickahominy River.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC, VA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.721963
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1G2
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.1 Annual Wild Rice - Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Pickerelweed Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Macrogroup | M066 | 2.C.4.Ne.1 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Ne.1.c <i>Zizania aquatica - Spartina patens - Amaranthus cannabinus</i> Freshwater Tidal Marsh Group | G914 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.c |
| Alliance | A1708 Broadleaf Pond-lily - Narrowleaf Pond-lily Tidal Freshwater Marsh Alliance | A1708 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.c |
| Association | CEGL006094 Narrowleaf Pond-lily Tidal Marsh | CEGL006094 | 2.C.4.Ne.1.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Nuphar sagittifolia Permanently Flooded -Tidal Herbaceous Vegetation (Coulling 2002)
- 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/]
- Padgett, D. J. 2007. A monograph of Nuphar (Nymphaeaceae). Rhodora 109:1-95.
- Schafale, M. P. 2012. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina, 4th Approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh.
- Schafale, M. P., and A. S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina. Third approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh. 325 pp.