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A.1988 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1988
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance presently includes only one type of fresh spikerush marsh recently (1998) recognized in Louisiana in the Deltaic Plain, apparently increasing in area. This vegetation (Fresh Spikerush Marsh) appears to represent degraded Fresh Maidencane Marsh. It is postulated that Fresh Maidencane Marsh may convert to Fresh Spikerush Marsh as a consequence of intense herbivory (by nutria [or muskrat?]), changes in hydrology, changes in water quality, certain fire regimes or other factors. The type is codominated by ~Eleocharis baldwinii$ and ~Hydrocotyle$ spp., mainly ~Hydrocotyle ranunculoides$ and ~Hydrocotyle umbellata$; ~Bidens laevis$ is a frequent codominant. Species richness in this marsh type is moderate. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1692.A1988
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 09-Jul-1999 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: V.A.5.N.l
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ELEOCHARIS BALDWINII SEMIPERMANENTLY FLOODED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1988
  Common: Baldwin's Spikerush Semipermanently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Eleocharis baldwinii Semipermanently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance