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A3587 Schoenoplectus spp. - Poa palustris Marsh Alliance
Type Concept Sentence: This herbaceous wetland is found lining perennial streams at lower to mid elevations in the Black Hills of the United States, and perhaps more widely in the northern Great Plains. Species composition is variable, and dominance is patchy within stands; local dominants include Agrostis stolonifera, Cicuta douglasii, Eleocharis palustris, Glyceria grandis, Leersia oryzoides, Lycopus asper, Poa palustris, Nasturtium officinale, and Scirpus pallidus. Ranunculus longirostris can be abundant in adjacent shallow water.
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Bulrush species - Fowl Bluegrass Marsh Alliance
Colloquial Name: Bulrush - Fowl Bluegrass Marsh
Hierarchy Level: Alliance
Type Concept: This herbaceous wetland is found lining perennial streams at lower to mid elevations in the Black Hills of the United States, and perhaps more widely in the northern Great Plains. Species composition is variable, and dominance is patchy within stands. Local dominants include Agrostis stolonifera, Cicuta douglasii, Eleocharis palustris, Glyceria grandis, Leersia oryzoides, Lycopus asper, Poa palustris, Nasturtium officinale, and Scirpus pallidus. Ranunculus longirostris can be abundant in adjacent shallow water. Catabrosa aquatica, Mimulus guttatus, and several species of Veronica and Epilobium commonly grow in adjacent shallow water. This type is undersurveyed and not well-characterized. It typically forms a narrow border, perhaps only a few meters wide, along streams, and this scale may be too fine for recognition as an association.
Diagnostic Characteristics: This association covers streamside herbaceous vegetation in the Black Hills and possibly elsewhere in the Great Plains. Dominants vary but can include Agrostis stolonifera, Cicuta douglasii, Eleocharis palustris, Glyceria grandis, Leersia oryzoides, Lycopus asper, Poa palustris, Nasturtium officinale, and Scirpus pallidus.
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: If the association (CEGL005263) and this alliance (A3587) are retained, it seems there should be other small-scale herbaceous-dominated streamside associations in the Great Plains. Perhaps they could be added to this association. At one time a closely related type, the former Black Hills Streamside Vegetation, Glyceria grandis - Poa palustris - Mixed Herbaceous Black Hills Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL005262), was recognized as the higher elevation equivalent of this type, but stands appear similar enough based on existing data that they have been combined. This type still needs further characterization. It typically forms a narrow border, perhaps only a few meters wide, along streams, and this scale may be too fine for recognition as associations. Girard (c. 1991) described stands of Glyceria grandis, one of the more common streamside dominants, as part of a vegetation complex associated with beaver dams, occurring in shallow water or on saturated soils.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: This alliance is characterized by short and medium-tall herbaceous wetland species with few to no shrubs.
Floristics: Species composition is variable, and dominance is patchy within stands. Local dominants include Agrostis stolonifera, Cicuta douglasii, Eleocharis palustris, Glyceria grandis, Leersia oryzoides, Lycopus asper, Poa palustris, Nasturtium officinale (= Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum), and Scirpus pallidus. Ranunculus longirostris (= Ranunculus circinatus) can be abundant in adjacent shallow water. Catabrosa aquatica, Mimulus guttatus, and several species of Veronica and Epilobium commonly grow in adjacent shallow water. This type is undersurveyed and not well-characterized.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: Stands of this alliance typically form a narrow border, perhaps only a few meters wide, along streams.
Geographic Range: This alliance has been identified only in the Black Hills region of South Dakota but likely occurs elsewhere in the Great Plains.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: SD
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Moderate
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.5 Prairie Cordgrass - Cattail species - Bulrush species Great Plains Marsh, Wet Meadow, Shrubland & Playa Macrogroup | M071 | 2.C.4.Nd.5 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nd.5.c Dogwood species - Chokecherry / Western Wheatgrass Great Plains Riparian Wet Meadow & Shrubland Group | G337 | 2.C.4.Nd.5.c |
| Alliance | A3587 Bulrush species - Fowl Bluegrass Marsh Alliance | A3587 | 2.C.4.Nd.5.c |
| Association | CEGL005263 Bulrush species - Fowl Bluegrass - Mixed Herbaceous Great Plains Streamside Marsh | CEGL005263 | 2.C.4.Nd.5.c |
Concept Lineage: This alliance contains only one association from old A.1436.
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- 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.
- Girard, M. [1991]. ECODATA survey of riparian communities of Black Hills National Forest, 1986-1990. Unpublished files, field forms, notes, data analyses and type descriptions. Supervisor''s Office, Black Hills National Forest, Custer, SD.