Name:
Aristida palustris - Andropogon (capillipes, glaucopsis) - Rhynchospora spp. Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This alliance occupies relatively shallow to deep, seasonally flooded portions of Coastal Plain ponds and lakes, including limesink ponds from the Atlantic Coastal Plain, East Gulf Coastal Plain, and West Gulf Coastal Plain. Characteristic species are Aristida palustris, Andropogon capillipes ('wetland variant'), Andropogon glaucopsis, and Rhynchospora spp. Other typical species (some occurring only in parts of the alliance's distribution) are Andropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior, Andropogon virginicus, Carex glaucescens, Centella erecta, Coreopsis linifolia, Dichanthelium longiligulatum, Dichanthelium scabriusculum, Eleocharis equisetoides, Eleocharis melanocarpa, Eleocharis microcarpa, Eleocharis tuberculosa, Eriocaulon compressum, Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare, Eupatorium leptophyllum, Eupatorium mohrii, Euthamia leptocephala, Euthamia caroliniana (= Euthamia tenuifolia), Fuirena bushii, Gratiola brevifolia, Helenium drummondii, Hyptis alata, Juncus marginatus, Juncus validus, Lachnocaulon beyrichianum, Leersia hexandra, Ludwigia sphaerocarpa, Ludwigia suffruticosa, Ludwigia microcarpa, Ludwigia pilosa, Lycopodiella appressa, Lycopodiella alopecuroides, Lycopodiella caroliniana, Panicum hemitomon, Panicum tenerum, Panicum virgatum, Proserpinaca palustris, Proserpinaca pectinata, Rhexia mariana, Rhynchospora caduca, Rhynchospora cephalantha, Rhynchospora elliottii, Rhynchospora fascicularis var. fascicularis, Rhynchospora microcarpa, Sabatia campanulata, Scleria baldwinii, Scleria georgiana, Stylisma aquatica, and Xyris fimbriata. Scattered trees, especially Nyssa biflora, can occur, though ponds are usually treeless. Wetland shrubs such as Hypericum brachyphyllum and Hypericum galioides are sometimes common or locally dominant in shallower ones.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.21185.ARISTIDAPALUSTR
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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