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Typha spp. - Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani - Mixed Herbs Southern Great Lakes Shore Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Typha spp. - Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani - Mixed Herbs Southern Great Lakes Shore Herbaceous Vegetation
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Description: This deep emergent marsh community typically occurs in the southern Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, including southern Lake Michigan, Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and into the St. Lawrence River, and possibly Lake Champlain. Remaining stands in the area are primarily found in lacustrine estuaries, barrier-beach lagoons, or sand-spit swales. In the Great Lakes the estuaries are often formed at the mouths of rivers drowned by the post-glacial rise in lake level, whereas in the St. Lawrence River the estuaries are formed from small streams or rivers that occupy apparent pre-glacial valleys that have been partly filled in by outwash and alluvial deposits to form fairly broad, flat basins. Storms, seiches, and water level cycles create a very dynamic pattern of species composition and structure in the vegetation. Water depth generally exceeds 0.3 m. Typical dominants include the emergents Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (= Scirpus tabernaemontani) and Typha spp. (Typha angustifolia, Typha X glauca, Typha latifolia). Stands in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario may contain more pure Typha angustifolia stands, or mixes of that species with Calamagrostis canadensis. Thelypteris palustris is a common fern. Impatiens capensis may be common in open parts of the marsh. Floating and rooted aquatics include Ceratophyllum demersum, Lemna minor, Nuphar lutea ssp. advena (= Nuphar advena), Nymphaea odorata, Potamogeton gramineus, Sagittaria latifolia, and Spirodela polyrrhiza. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.27262.TYPHASPPSCHOENO
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Cattail species - Softstem Bulrush - Mixed Herbs Southern Great Lakes Shore Herbaceous Vegetation
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  Scientific: Typha spp. - Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani - Mixed Herbs Southern Great Lakes Shore Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL005112
  Common: Southern Great Lakes Shore Emergent Marsh
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Typha spp. - Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani - Mixed Herbs Southern Great Lakes Shore Herbaceous Vegetation