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Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense - Fimbristylis castanea - Symphyotrichum tenuifolium Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense - Fimbristylis castanea - Symphyotrichum tenuifolium Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This freshwater marsh association of the Florida Keys is dominated by Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense. The typical expression of this type is an open herbaceous marsh, but it may take on the appearance of a low swamp forest when invaded by woody species such as Conocarpus erectus and/or Laguncularia racemosa. It occurs primarily in depressions in the interior of the lower Florida Keys, but may also be found in narrow bands in several Upper Keys locations where islands are wide. The depressions range from shallow to deep; deeper depressions are often filled with peat, while shallow examples have poorly developed soils which may be little more than a thin layer of calcitic mud. In either case, freshwater is generally ponded during the wet season, and rarely far from the soil surface at any time of year. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.23904.CLADIUMMARISCUS
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Feb-1995 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Sawgrass - Chestnut Fimbry - Saline Aster Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688472 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003968
  Scientific: Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense - Fimbristylis castanea - Symphyotrichum tenuifolium Herbaceous Vegetation
  Common: Florida Keys Freshwater Marsh
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense - Fimbristylis castanea - Symphyotrichum tenuifolium Herbaceous Vegetation