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CEGL006291 Muhlenbergia torreyana - Lobelia canbyi - Rhynchospora alba Fen
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Muhlenbergia torreyana - Lobelia canbyi - Rhynchospora alba Fen
Colloquial Name: Pine Barrens Streamside Muhly Savanna
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This herbaceous community occurs in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey on the floodplains of Outer Coastal Plain rivers and streams. It is often found in expanses bordered by woody herbaceous savanna. Microtopography is fairly flat with occasional hummocks. The visual impression of this community is a pale green meadow. This community is a successional community on sites disturbed by intense fire and those historically disturbed by extensive bog iron mining. It also occurs as a very narrow ecotonal band between wet and woody savanna. Dominant species include Muhlenbergia torreyana, Lobelia canbyi, and Rhynchospora alba. Muhlenbergia torreyana can form a monoculture in sites that have burned. Associated woody species include Acer rubrum saplings. Associated herbaceous species include Drosera intermedia, Eleocharis tuberculosa, Juncus militaris, Rhynchospora chalarocephala, and Triadenum virginicum. Associated fern and fern-like species include Lycopodiella alopecuroides.
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: The visual impression of this community is a pale green meadow. This community is a successional community on sites disturbed by intense fire and those historically disturbed by extensive bog iron mining. It also occurs as a very narrow ecotonal band between wet and woody savanna. Dominant species include Muhlenbergia torreyana, Lobelia canbyi, and Rhynchospora alba. Muhlenbergia torreyana can form a monoculture in sites that have burned. Associated woody species include Acer rubrum saplings. Associated herbaceous species include Drosera intermedia, Eleocharis tuberculosa, Juncus militaris, Rhynchospora chalarocephala, and Triadenum virginicum. Associated fern and fern-like species include Lycopodiella alopecuroides (= Lycopodium alopecuroides).
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This herbaceous community occurs in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey on the floodplains of Outer Coastal Plain rivers and streams. It is often found in expanses bordered by woody herbaceous savanna. Microtopography is fairly flat with occasional hummocks.
Geographic Range: This vegetation occurs on the Outer Coastal Plain of New Jersey.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NJ
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.736405
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.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 | CEGL006291 <i>Muhlenbergia torreyana - Lobelia canbyi - Rhynchospora alba</i> Fen | CEGL006291 | 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: = Muhlenbergia torreyana - Lobelia canbyi - Rhynchospora alba Herbaceous Vegetation (Strakosch-Walz 2004)
>< Torrey''s Smokegrass Palustrine Grassland (PG8) (Windisch 2014a)
>< Torrey''s Smokegrass Palustrine Grassland (PG8) (Windisch 2014a)
- 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.
- Windisch, A .G. 2014a. Pinelands ecological communities and higher level groups with crosswalk / proposed 2008 revisions to NVC. November 16, 2014 draft. New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Trenton.