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CEGL005988 Schoenoplectus pungens - Distichlis spicata Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Common Threesquare - Saltgrass Marsh
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is found in the Canadian River and Pecos basins in eastern New Mexico. Preliminary data suggest that communities are located in lowland river valleys at elevations between 890 and 1560 m (2930-5120 feet). Sites are low-lying sidebars or infilled side channels that are frequently flooded. Soils are reported as loamy or sandy-skeletal Typic and Mollic Fluvaquents. Distichlis spicata and Schoenoplectus pungens are abundant and codominate this lush herbaceous streamside community. Common native wetland graminoids and forbs also include Eleocharis palustris, Equisetum laevigatum, Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis, Muhlenbergia asperifolia, and Pluchea odorata var. odorata.
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: Distichlis spicata and Schoenoplectus pungens (= Scirpus pungens) are abundant and codominate this lush herbaceous streamside community. Common native wetland graminoids and forbs also include Eleocharis palustris, Equisetum laevigatum, Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis (= Juncus balticus), Muhlenbergia asperifolia, and Pluchea odorata var. odorata.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: Preliminary data suggest that communities are located in lowland river valleys at elevations between 890 and 1560 m (2930-5120 feet). Sites are low-lying sidebars or infilled side channels that are frequently flooded. Soils are reported as loamy or sandy-skeletal Typic and Mollic Fluvaquents.
Geographic Range: This association is found in the Canadian River and Pecos basins in eastern New Mexico.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NM, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.738014
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4?
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.Nb Western North American Temperate Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division | D031 | 2.C.4.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.4.Nb.1 Arid West Interior Freshwater Marsh Macrogroup | M888 | 2.C.4.Nb.1 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nb.1.a Clubrush species - Cattail species Interior Freshwater Marsh Group | G531 | 2.C.4.Nb.1.a |
| Alliance | A3895 Chairmaker''s Bulrush - Hardstem Bulrush - California Bulrush Marsh Alliance | A3895 | 2.C.4.Nb.1.a |
| Association | CEGL005988 Common Threesquare - Saltgrass Marsh | CEGL005988 | 2.C.4.Nb.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Threesquare Bulrush-Inland Saltgrass CT (Muldavin et al. 2000a)
- Muldavin, E., P. Durkin, M. Bradley, M. Stuever, and P. Mehlhop. 2000a. Handbook of wetland vegetation communities of New Mexico. Volume I: Classification and community descriptions. Final report to the New Mexico Environment Department and the Environmental Protection Agency prepared by the New Mexico Natural Heritage Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.