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CEGL004254 Spartina patens - Panicum spp. Brackish Salt Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Panicgrass species Brackish Salt Marsh
Colloquial Name: Cumberland Island Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Panicgrass Salt Marsh
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association consists of brackish herbaceous wetlands dominated by Spartina patens and Panicum dichotomiflorum and is described from Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia. This herbaceous wetland occurs on poorly drained muck soils and has a dense herbaceous layer codominated by Panicum dichotomiflorum var. bartowense, Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum, Pluchea camphorata, and Spartina patens. Additional species found in small amounts include Bacopa monnieri, Cyperus spp., Echinochloa walteri, Eupatorium capillifolium, Oldenlandia uniflora, Ludwigia palustris, Sacciolepis striata, Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens, Setaria magna, and Verbena scabra.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This provisional association was created based on data from one plot on Cumberland Island, and it should be re-examined when additional data are available.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This herbaceous wetland community is described from Cumberland Island National Seashore and has a dense herbaceous layer codominated by Panicum dichotomiflorum var. bartowense, Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum, Pluchea camphorata, and Spartina patens. Additional species found in small amounts include Bacopa monnieri, Cyperus spp., Echinochloa walteri, Eupatorium capillifolium, Oldenlandia uniflora, Ludwigia palustris, Sacciolepis striata, Schoenoplectus pungens var. pungens, Setaria magna, and Verbena scabra.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This herbaceous wetland association occurs on poorly drained muck soils on Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia.
Geographic Range: This brackish herbaceous vegetation is currently only known from Cumberland Island, Georgia.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: GA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.817156
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
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.5 Salt Marsh Formation | F035 | 2.C.5 |
| Division | 2.C.5.Nb North American Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Salt Marsh Division | D034 | 2.C.5.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.5.Nb.1 North American Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Salt Marsh Macrogroup | M079 | 2.C.5.Nb.1 |
| Group | 2.C.5.Nb.1.c Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Jesuit''s-bark High Salt Marsh Group | G121 | 2.C.5.Nb.1.c |
| Alliance | A4490 <i>Spartina patens - Juncus roemerianus</i> High Salt Marsh Alliance | A4490 | 2.C.5.Nb.1.c |
| Association | CEGL004254 Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Panicgrass species Brackish Salt Marsh | CEGL004254 | 2.C.5.Nb.1.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Spartina patens - Panicum spp. Brackish Herbaceous Vegetation [Provisional] (McManamay 2017a)
- McManamay, R. H. 2017a. Vegetation mapping at Cumberland Island National Seashore. Natural Resource Report NPS/SECN/NRR--2017/1511. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 422 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.