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A3665 Zizania texana Marsh Alliance
Type Concept Sentence: This alliance is known only from several kilometers of the spring-fed, calcareous waters of the San Marcos River, Texas, where Zizania texana is dominant.
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Texas Wild Rice Marsh Alliance
Colloquial Name: Texas Wild Rice Marsh
Hierarchy Level: Alliance
Type Concept: This alliance is known only from several kilometers of the spring-fed, calcareous waters of the San Marcos River, Texas. Zizania texana is dominant, but beds of various emergent, floating, and submersed aquatics are intermixed, including Potamogeton illinoensis, Ludwigia palustris, Sparganium americanum, Hydrilla verticillata (exotic), Egeria densa (exotic), Sagittaria sp., and filamentous green algae.
Diagnostic Characteristics: This alliance is characterized by herbaceous wetlands in the Edwards Plateau dominated by Zizania texana.
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: The single association in this alliance occurs in a very restricted area but is poorly documented.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Zizania texana is dominant, but beds of various emergent, floating, and submersed aquatics are intermixed, including Potamogeton illinoensis, Ludwigia palustris, Sparganium americanum, Hydrilla verticillata (exotic), Egeria densa (exotic), Sagittaria sp., and filamentous green algae.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This alliance is known only from several kilometers of the spring-fed, calcareous waters of the San Marcos River, Texas.
Geographic Range: This alliance is restricted to the Edwards Plateau of Texas.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899717
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.a Cattail species - Chairmaker''s Bulrush - Common Rivergrass Great Plains Freshwater Marsh Group | G325 | 2.C.4.Nd.5.a |
| Alliance | A3665 Texas Wild Rice Marsh Alliance | A3665 | 2.C.4.Nd.5.a |
| Association | CEGL004512 Texas Wild Rice - Illinois Pondweed Marsh | CEGL004512 | 2.C.4.Nd.5.a |
Concept Lineage: This alliance is composed of the Texas portion of old A.4512.
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.