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A3394 Rhynchospora filifolia - Dichanthelium erectifolium - Dichanthelium wrightianum Southern Limesink Marsh Alliance

Type Concept Sentence: This herbaceous marsh vegetation occurs in southern limesink ponds, and the dominant graminoid species can include Dichanthelium erectifolium, Dichanthelium wrightianum, Fuirena scirpoidea, and Rhynchospora spp.

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Threadleaf Beaksedge - Erectleaf Panicgrass - Wright''s Rosette Grass Southern Limesink Marsh Alliance

Colloquial Name: Southern Limesink Marsh

Hierarchy Level:  Alliance

Type Concept: These herbaceous marshes occur in southern limesink ponds. Dominant species can include the graminoids Dichanthelium erectifolium, Dichanthelium wrightianum, Fuirena scirpoidea, and Rhynchospora spp., and the forb Rhexia cubensis.

Diagnostic Characteristics: Herbaceous marsh in southern limesink ponds. Dominant species can include Dichanthelium erectifolium, Dichanthelium wrightianum, Rhexia cubensis, Fuirena scirpoidea, and Rhynchospora spp.

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Distinctly different than other southern depression marsh vegetation, limesink marsh vegetation is placed here in a separate alliance.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  These are karst features. Water levels may fluctuate, but not necessarily based on rainfall.
Environmental Description:  Limesinks are karst features. They may be steep-sided.
Geographic Range: This association is found in the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of the United States from North Carolina south to Florida and west to Mississippi.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  AL, FL, GA, LA?, MS, NC, SC


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.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.g Beaksedge species - Spikerush species - Yellow-eyed-grass species Pondshore & Wet Prairie Group G915 2.C.4.Ne.2.g
Alliance A3394 Threadleaf Beaksedge - Erectleaf Panicgrass - Wright''s Rosette Grass Southern Limesink Marsh Alliance A3394 2.C.4.Ne.2.g
Association CEGL004100 Switchgrass - (Chalky Bluestem, Purple Bluestem) - Longleaf Three-awn Marsh CEGL004100 2.C.4.Ne.2.g
Association CEGL004105 Wright''s Rosette Grass - Erectleaf Panicgrass Marsh CEGL004105 2.C.4.Ne.2.g
Association CEGL004123 Southern Umbrella-sedge - Tracy''s Beaksedge Marsh CEGL004123 2.C.4.Ne.2.g
Association CEGL004131 Threadleaf Beaksedge - Annual Rush Marsh CEGL004131 2.C.4.Ne.2.g
Association CEGL004998 Atlantic St. John''s-wort / Yellow Hatpins - Panhandle Meadowbeauty - (Kral''s Yellow-eyed-grass) Wet Dwarf-shrubland CEGL004998 2.C.4.Ne.2.g
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Limesink Wetlands (Edwards et al. 2013)
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
  • Edwards, L., J. Ambrose, and K. Kirkman. 2013. The natural communities of Georgia. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA. 675 pp.
  • 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.