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A1429 Eleocharis spp. - Eriocaulon aquaticum Coastal Plain Pondshore Marsh Alliance

Type Concept Sentence: This alliance includes short graminoid vegetation of semipermanently flooded zones of northern Atlantic Coastal Plain pondshores dominated or codominated by Eleocharis spp., Eriocaulon aquaticum, or Xyris difformis.

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Spikerush species - Seven-angle Pipewort Coastal Plain Pondshore Marsh Alliance

Colloquial Name: Northern Coastal & Inland Sandy Lakeshore Marsh

Hierarchy Level:  Alliance

Type Concept: This alliance includes short graminoid vegetation of semipermanently flooded zones of northern Atlantic Coastal Plain pondshores dominated or codominated by Eleocharis spp., Eriocaulon aquaticum, or Xyris difformis. These wetlands occur in New England and possibly in Nova Scotia.

Diagnostic Characteristics: Depression marshes in the northern Atlantic Coastal Plain dominated or codominated by Eleocharis spp., Eriocaulon aquaticum, or Xyris difformis.

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: These wetlands are characterized by graminoid vegetation.

Floristics: This alliance includes short graminoid vegetation of semipermanently flooded zones of coastal plain pondshores, dominated or codominated by Eleocharis spp., Eriocaulon aquaticum, or Xyris difformis.

Dynamics:  Stands of this alliance are prone to seasonal flooding, and drying in the summer and during periods of drought.
Environmental Description:  This short graminoid vegetation occurs in semipermanently flooded zones of coastal plain pondshores.
Geographic Range: This alliance is found in the northeastern U.S. from Maine to Delaware, and possibly in Nova Scotia and elsewhere in Canada.

Nations: CA,US

States/Provinces:  CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NS?, NY, ON?, QC?, RI, VT


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.Ne Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division D322 2.C.4.Ne
Macrogroup 2.C.4.Ne.2 Beaksedge species - Spikerush species - Panicgrass species Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Prairie & Marsh Macrogroup M067 2.C.4.Ne.2
Group 2.C.4.Ne.2.h beaksedge spp. - spikerush spp. - meadowbeauty spp. Pondshore Group G916 2.C.4.Ne.2.h
Alliance A1429 Spikerush species - Seven-angle Pipewort Coastal Plain Pondshore Marsh Alliance A1429 2.C.4.Ne.2.h
Association CEGL006095 Prairie Cordgrass North Atlantic Coast Marsh CEGL006095 2.C.4.Ne.2.h
Association CEGL006345 Bayonet Rush - Seven-angle Pipewort Marsh CEGL006345 2.C.4.Ne.2.h
Association CEGL006346 Seven-angle Pipewort - Dortmann''s Cardinal-flower Marsh CEGL006346 2.C.4.Ne.2.h
Concept Lineage: all associations from A.1429 are placed here. (pasted in from A.1429 without edits)

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
Concept Author(s): C. Nordman, in Faber-Langendoen et al. (2013)

Author of Description: C. Nordman

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 01-08-14
  • Faber-Langendoen, D., J. Drake, M. Hall, G. Kittel, S. Menard, C. Nordman, M. Pyne, M. Reid, M. Russo, K. Schulz, L. Sneddon, K. Snow, and J. Teague. 2013-2019b. Screening alliances for induction into the U.S. National Vegetation Classification: Part 1 - Alliance concept review. NatureServe, Arlington, VA.