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CEGL006366 Bolboschoenus fluviatilis Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: River Bulrush Marsh
Colloquial Name: Northeastern River Bulrush Marsh
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This vegetation type of southern New England occurs in a variety of tidally flooded and non-tidally flooded water regimes. Its distribution ranges from regularly flooded stream and creek borders to irregularly flooded or semipermanently flooded back marshes. In all occurrences, Bolboschoenus fluviatilis is the dominant and most conspicuous plant. Regularly associated species include Peltandra virginica, Carex stricta, Typha latifolia, Leersia oryzoides, Equisetum fluviatile, Polygonum punctatum, Spartina pectinata, Spiraea alba var. latifolia, and several Bidens spp. Cephalanthus occidentalis may also occur in this community.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This type was observed in Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, in Concord and Sudbury, Massachusetts, in the floodplain of the Sudbury/Concord rivers.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: In all occurrences, Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (= Scirpus fluviatilis) is the dominant and most conspicuous plant. Regularly associated species include Peltandra virginica, Carex stricta, Typha latifolia, Leersia oryzoides, Equisetum fluviatile, Polygonum punctatum, Spartina pectinata, Spiraea alba var. latifolia (= Spiraea latifolia), and several Bidens spp. Cephalanthus occidentalis may also occur in this community.
Dynamics: This vegetation cover type occurs in a variety of tidally flooded and non-tidally flooded water regimes.
Environmental Description: This vegetation cover type occurs in a variety of tidally flooded and non-tidally flooded water regimes. Its distribution ranges from regularly flooded stream and creek borders to irregularly flooded or semipermanently flooded back marshes.
Geographic Range: This vegetation type occurs in wet pockets along tidal and non-tidal systems in southern New England.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CT, DE, MA
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
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.Nd Eastern North American Temperate Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division | D323 | 2.C.4.Nd |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.4.Nd.2 Broadleaf Cattail - White Snakeroot - Rush species Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup | M069 | 2.C.4.Nd.2 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nd.2.a Bulrush species - Cattail species Freshwater Marsh Group | G125 | 2.C.4.Nd.2.a |
| Alliance | A3664 Hardstem Bulrush - River Bulrush - Softstem Bulrush Marsh Alliance | A3664 | 2.C.4.Nd.2.a |
| Association | CEGL006366 River Bulrush Marsh | CEGL006366 | 2.C.4.Nd.2.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Bulrush marsh (CAP pers. comm. 1998)
>< River bulrush (Schoenoplectus fluviatilis) tidally flooded grasslands (Metzler and Barrett 2006)
? Spring swamp (Hill 1923)
>< River bulrush (Schoenoplectus fluviatilis) tidally flooded grasslands (Metzler and Barrett 2006)
? Spring swamp (Hill 1923)
- Barrett, N. E. 1989. Vegetation of the tidal wetlands of the lower Connecticut River: Ecological relationships of plant community-types with respect to flooding and habitat. M.S. thesis, University of Connecticut, Storrs. 209 pp.
- CAP [Central Appalachian Forest Working Group]. 1998. Central Appalachian Working group discussions. The Nature Conservancy, Boston, MA.
- Coxe, R. 2009. Guide to Delaware vegetation communities. Spring 2009 edition. State of Delaware, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Delaware Natural Heritage Program, Smyrna.
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Hill, A. F. 1923. The vegetation of the Penobscot Bay region, Maine. Proceedings of the Portland Society of Natural History 3:307-438.
- Metzler, K., and J. Barrett. 2006. The vegetation of Connecticut: A preliminary classification. State Geological and Natural History Survey, Report of Investigations No. 12. Connecticut Natural Diversity Database, Hartford, CT.
- Swain, P. C., and J. B. Kearsley. 2014. Classification of the natural communities of Massachusetts. Version 2.0. Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. Westborough, MA. [http://www.mass.gov/nhesp/http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/dfw/natural-heritage/natural-communities/classification-of-natural-communities.html]