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Tennessee Valley Impoundment Mud Flat Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Tennessee Valley Impoundment Mud Flat Vegetation Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This association represents shoreline vegetation typical of large mainstream and tributary reservoirs in western Tennessee and adjacent areas. This type occurs on sites which are subject to high water levels and complete inundation for much of the year, but are drawn down in the early to middle summer. Lake margins with suitable substrate (generally silt or clay) are colonized by a variety of plant species adapted to intermittent inundation and saturated soils that are capable of completing their life cycle in a compressed growing season between drawdown and frost (Webb et al. 1988). The composition and structure of the vegetation is highly variable between locations and between different years. In general, a number of short-statured annuals are characteristic. These include Rotala ramosior, Lindernia dubia, Fimbristylis autumnalis, Eragrostis hypnoides, Lipocarpha micrantha (= Hemicarpha micrantha), Eleocharis obtusa, Fimbristylis miliacea, and others. Several perennial species may also be encountered, especially along the upper edges and boundaries of the mudflats. Species can include Alternanthera philoxeroides, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum (= Aster simplex), Juncus acuminatus, Justicia americana, Leersia oryzoides, Ludwigia spp., Panicum agrostoides, and others.  Accession Code: VB.CC.27658.TENNESSEEVALLEY Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 20-Oct-2003 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Non-tidal Mud Flat Seasonally/Temporarily Flooded Sparsely Vegetated Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Tennessee Valley Impoundment Mud Flat Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.720736 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004049   Scientific: Tennessee Valley Impoundment Mud Flat Vegetation (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) River Valley Impoundment Mudflat Sparse Vegetation