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Typha domingensis Western Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Typha domingensis Western Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This wetland association is widespread across the southwestern United States and Great Basin. These marshes occur in bottomlands along drainages, in river floodplain depressions, oxbow lakes, and below seeps. Substrates are variable but are generally fine-textured alkaline alluvial soil. Flood regimes range from seasonal inundation with the soils drying out and cracking in late summer to permanently flooded marshes. The vegetation is characterized by a dense, 2- to 4-m tall herbaceous layer of Typha domingensis that dominates the site as a monoculture or codominates with Schoenoplectus acutus (= Scirpus acutus) or species of Carex. Associated graminoids include Carex nebrascensis, Eleocharis palustris, Eleocharis macrostachya, Juncus balticus, Schoenoplectus maritimus (= Scirpus maritimus), Schoenoplectus pungens, and under drier conditions Hordeum jubatum and Distichlis spicata may be present. During extended inundation aquatic plant like Stuckenia pectinata (= Potamogeton pectinatus) may flourish. Other forbs such as Euthamia occidentalis (= Solidago occidentalis), Polygonum lapathifolium (= Persicaria lapathifolium), Chenopodium spp., and Sagittaria spp. may also be present. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.26626.TYPHADOMINGENSI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Southern Cattail Western Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688694 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001845
  Scientific: Typha domingensis Western Herbaceous Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Typha domingensis Western Herbaceous Vegetation