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A.1984 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1984
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance, common throughout most of the eastern and central United States and adjacent Canadian provinces, contains vegetation which may occur in a variety of slow-moving water bodies, including rivers, millponds, blackwater rivers, streams, shallow ponds or lakes, or on shores of deeper water bodies including freshwater tidal areas. The water depth is generally greater than 0.5 m and up to 2 m. Stands are dominated by hydromorphic rooted aquatic plants, typically ~Nuphar lutea$ (any of its various subspecies), with or without ~Nymphaea odorata$. Emergent vegetation is less than 25%, and typically plant species diversity is low. Other species present may include ~Utricularia$ spp., ~Potamogeton$ spp., and others. In the north, ~Brasenia schreberi$ may be locally dominant. Other characteristic northern species include ~Nymphaea tetragona$ and ~Potamogeton amplifolius$. Associates found in the Midwest include ~Polygonum amphibium$. In the Southeast, examples may include the floating or emergent 'pad-leaved' species ~Nelumbo lutea$ or ~Nymphoides aquatica$. Submerged aquatic species which may be present include ~Cabomba caroliniana, Ceratophyllum demersum$, and ~Heteranthera dubia$. Stands of this alliance are permanently to semipermanently flooded. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1689.A1984
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 13-May-1999 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: V.C.2.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: NYMPHAEA ODORATA - NUPHAR SPP. PERMANENTLY FLOODED TEMPERATE HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1984
  Common: White Waterlily - Yellow Pondlily species Permanently Flooded Temperate Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Nymphaea odorata - Nuphar spp. Permanently Flooded Temperate Herbaceous Alliance