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CEGL005661 Glaux maritima - Poa secunda Rich Fen
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sea-milkwort - Sandberg Bluegrass Rich Fen
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This rich fen is known from Colorado high Rocky Mountains and the San Luis Valley. Overall cover is sparse and limited to halophytes. Glaux maritima is the usual dominant species or it may codominant with other species such as Poa secunda, Distichlis spicata, Puccinellia nuttalliana, Plantago eriopoda, Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis, and Hordeum jubatum. This community has been found in areas with high salt concentrations in valleys and is usually associated with peat soils with rich groundwater input. Sites are above the water table and wetted by capillary fringe. Soluble salts accumulate to high concentrations and leave the soil surface with a white crust. Soils are 20% organic or less in other locations.
Diagnostic Characteristics: Interior salt marsh with some organic soils dominated by Glaux maritima.
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: Perennial succulent sparse vegetation up to 0.5 m in height.
Floristics: Overall cover is sparse and limited to halophytes. Glaux maritima is the usual dominant species or it may codominant with other species such as Poa secunda (= Poa juncifolia), Distichlis spicata, Puccinellia nuttalliana, Plantago eriopoda, Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis (= Juncus balticus var. montanus), and Hordeum jubatum.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community has been found in areas with high salt concentrations in valleys and is usually associated with peat soils with rich groundwater input. Sites are above the water table and wetted by capillary fringe. Soluble salts accumulate to high concentrations and leave the soil surface with a white crust. Soils are 20% organic or less in other locations.
Geographic Range: It is known from Colorado high Rocky Mountains and the San Luis Valley.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CO
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.959358
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.2 Temperate to Polar Bog & Fen Formation | F016 | 2.C.2 |
| Division | 2.C.2.Na North American Bog & Fen Division | D029 | 2.C.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.2.Na.2 Shrubby cinquefoil - Woolly-fruit Sedge / Star Campylium Moss Alkaline Fen Macrogroup | M877 | 2.C.2.Na.2 |
| Group | 2.C.2.Na.2.c Bellardi Bog Sedge - Buxbaum''s Sedge Alkaline Fen Group | G516 | 2.C.2.Na.2.c |
| Alliance | A3436 Simple Bog Sedge - Bellardi Bog Sedge Alkaline Graminoid Fen Alliance | A3436 | 2.C.2.Na.2.c |
| Association | CEGL005661 Sea-milkwort - Sandberg Bluegrass Rich Fen | CEGL005661 | 2.C.2.Na.2.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Glaux maritima Association (Cooper 1996)
= Glaux maritima Herbaceous Vegetation (Carsey et al. 2003a)
= Poa juncifolia - Glaux maritima Association (Cooper 1996)
= Glaux maritima Herbaceous Vegetation (Carsey et al. 2003a)
= Poa juncifolia - Glaux maritima Association (Cooper 1996)
- Carsey, K., G. Kittel, K. Decker, D. J. Cooper, and D. Culver. 2003a. Field guide to the wetland and riparian plant associations of Colorado. Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Fort Collins, CO.
- Cooper, D. J. 1996. Soil and water chemistry, floristics and phytosociology of the extreme rich High Creek fen in South Park, Colorado. Canadian Journal of Botany 74:1801-1811.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.