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A.1727 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1727
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance contains aquatic vegetation dominated by ~Pistia stratiotes$. Other floating plants are often admixed, including ~Salvinia$ spp. The hydrology of these sites is usually permanently or semipermanently flooded, although periodic drying can occur. Stands of this alliance consist of floating or rooted (by stranding) aquatic vegetation occurring in slow-moving or stagnant tropical waters, dominated by ~Pistia stratiotes$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1473.A1727
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.C.1.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: PISTIA STRATIOTES PERMANENTLY FLOODED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1727
  Common: Water-lettuce Permanently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pistia stratiotes Permanently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance