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Lake Mud Flats Sparse Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Lake Mud Flats Sparse Vegetation
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: The lake mud flat community type is found throughout the upper midwestern region of the United States and adjacent Canada, and probably more widely. Stands occur in shallow basins or lake margins that flood in the spring and draw down later in the season, exposing wet, muddy sediments on which plant species subsequently grow. Great Lakes shore mud flats are placed here as well. Substrate includes silt and clay mixed with marl or sedimentary peats comprised of plant and animal residues precipitated from standing water. Rooted aquatics may grow during the flood stages, leaving organic debris on the surface during drawdowns. The composition and structure of the vegetation is influenced by the flooding regime. In general, the vegetation is composed of dryland forms of aquatic plants and seedlings originating from seeds dormant in the sediment or washed in from other communities. These aquatics include Heteranthera spp., Nuphar spp., Nymphaea spp., Polygonum amphibium, and Potamogeton spp. As the vegetation matures over the summer and early fall, graminoids or forbs may dominant, including species of Cyperus spp., Juncus spp., Polygonum spp., and Schoenoplectus spp. (= Scirpus spp.). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.20366.LAKEMUDFLATSSPA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Lake Mud Flats Sparse Vegetation
  Scientific: Lake Mud Flats Sparse Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684274 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002313
  Common: Lake Mud Flats
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Lake Mudflats Sparse Vegetation