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Vallisneria americana Estuarine Bayou Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Vallisneria americana Estuarine Bayou Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association consists of submersed beds of aquatic vegetation dominated by <i>Vallisneria americana</i> in fresh or oligohaline subtidal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>Vallisneria</i> may be intermixed with other aquatic species, especially <i>Ruppia maritima</i> and <i>Zannichellia palustris</i>, as well as <i>Myriophyllum</i> sp. and <i>Najas guadalupensis</i>. This community is found in the upper reaches of most estuarine bayous and creeks flowing into Pascagoula Bay, Biloxi Bay, and St. Louis Bay; it occurs in tributaries of the Pascagoula, as well as in the main channel. It is also found in Graveline and Bangs Bayou in Jackson County, Mississippi. In Louisiana, this species is reported as occurring with <i>Najas guadalupensis</i> and <i>Ruppia</i> in Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Catharine, and Lake Salvador. <i>Vallisneria</i> beds are also reported as occurring in Apalachicola Bay, Florida, under similar environmental conditions as those cited for Mississippi. <i>Myriophyllum</i> sp. may also be a component of this type. In Texas, <i>Vallisneria americana</i> is reported occurring with <i>Ruppia maritima</i> and <i>Najas guadalupensis</i> in fresh oligohaline waters of the upper reaches of Trinity Bay. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35085.CEGL004634
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Gulf of Mexico American Eel-grass Aquatic Bed
  Translated: American Eel-grass Estuarine Bayou Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Vallisneria americana Estuarine Bayou Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004634
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688610 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo