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Schoenoplectus pungens - Fimbristylis (castanea, caroliniana) Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Schoenoplectus pungens - Fimbristylis (castanea, caroliniana) Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This interdunal swale community of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland is characterized by dense cover of <i>Schoenoplectus pungens (= Scirpus pungens)</i> and/or <i>Spartina patens</i>, with <i>Fimbristylis castanea</i> or <i>Fimbristylis caroliniana</i>. There is usually shallow standing water present in these swales in the spring, when <i>Schoenoplectus pungens</i> or <i>Spartina patens</i> is generally dominant with few other associates except species of <i>Eleocharis</i>. By late summer a number of other species such as <i>Fimbristylis castanea</i> and <i>Sabatia stellaris</i> contribute more substantial cover. Other herbs contribute very little to the overall vegetative cover. These associated species include <i>Andropogon virginicus, </i><i>Andropogon glomeratus, </i><i>Eleocharis rostellata, Phragmites australis, Pluchea foetida, </i><i>Pluchea odorata, Cyperus filicinus, </i><i>Juncus scirpoides, Hydrocotyle umbellata, Eleocharis parvula, Panicum amarum, Fimbristylis autumnalis, Sabatia stellaris, Ptilimnium capillaceum, Fuirena pumila</i>, and <i>Juncus canadensis</i>. Diagnostic species are <i>Schoenoplectus pungens</i> and <i>Fimbristylis castanea</i>. Related vegetation of the Atlantic coast from North Carolina southward is accommodated under ~<i>Fimbristylis castanea - Schoenoplectus pungens</i> Seasonally Flooded Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL003790)$$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31234.CEGL004117
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
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  Common: Interdunal Swale
  Translated: Common Threesquare - (Marsh Fimbry, Carolina Fimbry) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Schoenoplectus pungens - Fimbristylis (castanea, caroliniana) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004117