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CEGL006762 Cladium mariscoides - Juncus canadensis Marsh

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Smooth Sawgrass - Canadian Rush Marsh

Colloquial Name: Coastal Plain Smooth Sawgrass Pondshore

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This seasonally flooded wetland occurs on the North Atlantic Coastal Plain in topographically defined basins of New Jersey and other Atlantic Coast states. The dominant species are Cladium mariscoides and Juncus canadensis. Other associates include Coreopsis rosea, Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Dichanthelium spretum, Drosera intermedia, Euthamia graminifolia, Lachnanthes caroliana, Rhexia aristosa, Vaccinium macrocarpon, Viola lanceolata, Xyris smalliana, Sphagnum spp., and occasional Saccharum giganteum. This vegetation occurs in the center of the basin and remains wet for most of the growing season. The substrate is a thin organic horizon overtopping deep sand.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: This vegetation is also known to occur in Massachusetts at the upper edge of coastal plain intermittent ponds with Vaccinium corymbosum and Vaccinium macrocarpon.

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

Floristics: The dominant species are Cladium mariscoides and Juncus canadensis. Other associates include Coreopsis rosea, Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum, Dichanthelium spretum, Drosera intermedia, Euthamia graminifolia, Lachnanthes caroliana, Rhexia aristosa, Vaccinium macrocarpon, Viola lanceolata, Xyris smalliana, Sphagnum spp., and occasional Saccharum giganteum.

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  This seasonally flooded wetland occurs on the North Atlantic Coastal Plain in topographically defined basins. This vegetation occurs in the center of the basin and remains wet for most of the growing season. The substrate is a thin organic horizon overtopping deep sand.
Geographic Range: This Atlantic Coastal Plain pondshore community occurs in New Jersey and Massachusetts.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  MA, NJ


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2

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 A3397 Beaksedge species - Bluejoint - Virginia Meadowbeauty Coastal Plain Pondshore Marsh Alliance A3397 2.C.4.Ne.2.h
Association CEGL006762 Smooth Sawgrass - Canadian Rush Marsh CEGL006762 2.C.4.Ne.2.h
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Cladium mariscoides - Juncus canadensis Herbaceous Vegetation (Walz et al. 2006b)
Concept Author(s): K. Walz et al. (2006b)

Author of Description: K.S. Walz

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 12-17-13
  • Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
  • Walz, K. S., S. Stanford, N. L. Adamson, L. Kelly, K. Anderson, K. Laidig, and J. Bonnell. 2006b. Coastal Plain intermittent pondshore communities of New Jersey. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Parks and Forestry, Office of Natural Lands Management, Natural Heritage Program, Trenton, NJ. 50 pp.