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A.1158 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1158
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance consists of vegetation of freshwater lakes dominated and characterized by ~Eleocharis cellulosa$. Overall cover of vascular plants is sometimes sparse. ~Eleocharis cellulosa$ may be nearly monospecific, or may be codominated by ~Rhynchospora tracyi$ or ~Eleocharis elongata$, and intermixed with other species, including ~Rhynchospora inundata, Hymenocallis latifolia, Crinum americanum, Bacopa caroliniana$, and ~Utricularia gibba (= Utricularia biflora)$. Algal periphyton consisting of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and green algae is often dense and well-developed, especially in sparser associations in the alliance. The algal periphyton breaks down the oolitic substrate and deposits biogenic marl. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.932.A1158
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: V.A.1.N.g
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ELEOCHARIS CELLULOSA - (RHYNCHOSPORA TRACYI) SEASONALLY FLOODED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1158
  Common: Gulf Coast Spikerush - (Tracy's Beaksedge) Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Eleocharis cellulosa - (Rhynchospora tracyi) Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance