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CEGL006265 Eriocaulon aquaticum - Juncus pelocarpus - Drosera intermedia Fen
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Eriocaulon aquaticum - Juncus pelocarpus - Drosera intermedia Fen
Colloquial Name: Pine Barrens Streamside Bog Iron Seepage Savanna
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This pine barrens savanna community occurs in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey on the floodplains of Outer Coastal Plain rivers and streams. It is often found in seepage channels or in wet depressions that are part of a mosaic of herbaceous and woody herbaceous riverside savanna. Microtopography is flat to gently sloping with scattered emergent plants and exposed substrate. The visual impression of this community is a very wet, shallow depression, linear or lobed, often flooded except during drought when iron-rich muck substrate is exposed. This community is stable in perennial seepage channels and successional in historically disturbed sites that were mined for bog iron and currently low enough in elevation to be backflooded by river water. Dominant species include Eriocaulon aquaticum, Juncus pelocarpus, and Drosera intermedia. Orontium aquaticum, Nymphaea odorata, Juncus militaris, or Rhynchospora inundata can also be codominant and may be considered variants of this type. Associated herbaceous species include Cladium mariscoides, Dulichium arundinaceum, Eleocharis olivacea var. olivacea, Eleocharis tuberculosa, Rhynchospora alba, Sagittaria engelmanniana, Sclerolepis uniflora, Utricularia cornuta, and Xyris smalliana. Associated bryophytes include Sphagnum pylaesii.
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
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Dominant species include Eriocaulon aquaticum, Juncus pelocarpus, and Drosera intermedia. Orontium aquaticum, Nymphaea odorata, Juncus militaris, or Rhynchospora inundata can also be codominant and may be considered variants of this type. Associated herbaceous species include Cladium mariscoides, Dulichium arundinaceum, Eleocharis olivacea var. olivacea (= Eleocharis flavescens var. olivacea), Eleocharis tuberculosa, Rhynchospora alba, Sagittaria engelmanniana, Sclerolepis uniflora, Utricularia cornuta, and Xyris smalliana. Associated bryophytes include Sphagnum pylaesii.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This pine barrens savanna community is often found in seepage channels or in wet depressions that are part of a mosaic of herbaceous and woody herbaceous riverside savanna. Microtopography is flat to gently sloping with scattered emergent plants and exposed substrate. The visual impression of this community is a very wet, shallow depression, linear or lobed, often flooded except during drought when iron-rich muck substrate is exposed. This community is stable in perennial seepage channels and successional in historically disturbed sites that were mined for bog iron and currently low enough in elevation to be backflooded by river water.
Geographic Range: This vegetation occurs in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey on the floodplains of the Outer Coastal Plain.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NJ
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.736392
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3G4
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.2 Temperate to Polar Bog & Fen Formation | F016 | 2.C.2 |
| Division | 2.C.2.Na North American Bog & Fen Division | D029 | 2.C.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.2.Na.1 Leatherleaf - Small Cranberry - Few-seed Sedge Bog & Acidic Fen Macrogroup | M876 | 2.C.2.Na.1 |
| Group | 2.C.2.Na.1.e Chamaedaphne - Dwarf Huckleberry / Walter''s Sedge Bog & Fen Group | G1171 | 2.C.2.Na.1.e |
| Alliance | A3406 <i>Cladium mariscoides - Rhynchospora alba</i> Fen Alliance | A3406 | 2.C.2.Na.1.e |
| Association | CEGL006265 <i>Eriocaulon aquaticum - Juncus pelocarpus - Drosera intermedia</i> Fen | CEGL006265 | 2.C.2.Na.1.e |
Concept Lineage: This association (CEGL006222) has been split into 6 new types (CEGL006262, CEGL006263, CEGL006265, CEGL006270, CEGL006285, CEGL006291).
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Eriocaulon aquaticum - Juncus pelocarpus - Drosera intermedia Herbaceous Vegetation (Strakosch-Walz 2004)
- Breden, T. F., Y. R. Alger, K. S. Walz, and A. G. Windisch. 2001. Classification of vegetation communities of New Jersey: Second iteration. Association for Biodiversity Information and New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Office of Natural Lands Management, Division of Parks and Forestry, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton.
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Strakosch-Walz, K. 2004. The vegetation of pine barren riverside savannas of New Jersey: Ecological community classification. Draft report. New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Office of Natural Lands Management, Trenton. 42 pp.
- Walz, K. S., S. Stanford, J. Boyle, and E. W. F. (Russell) Southgate. 2006c. Pine barren riverside savannas of New Jersey. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Parks and Forestry, Office of Natural Lands Management, Natural Heritage Program, Trenton, NJ. 169 pp. plus appendices.