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Sagittaria latifolia - Sagittaria platyphylla - (Colocasia esculenta) Deltaic Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Sagittaria latifolia - Sagittaria platyphylla - (Colocasia esculenta) Deltaic Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This common "fresh" marsh type of the extreme lower Mississippi River and Atchafalaya River deltas is subject to regular but infrequent influence of saltwater. The type is dominated by <i>Sagittaria latifolia</i> and <i>Colocasia esculenta</i> (an invasive exotic), with <i>Sagittaria platyphylla</i> as the most common associate. The original native vegetation that typified these settings is unclear but may have been characterized mainly by the <i>Sagittaria</i> species. <i>Colocasia</i> tends to be a "fringing" species that mainly colonizes low riverbanks in the area, while the <i>Sagittaria</i> species are more typical of the flooded mudflats in the area. Additional common species include <i>Typha</i> spp., <i>Phragmites australis, Schoenoplectus americanus (= Scirpus americanus), Polygonum</i> spp., the exotics <i>Alternanthera philoxeroides, Aeschynomene indica, Sphenoclea zeylanica</i>, and others. Species richness in this marsh type is low. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35439.CEGL007890
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
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Names:   Common: Deltaic Plain Arrowhead Fresh Marsh
  Translated: Broadleaf Arrowhead - Delta Arrowhead - (Coco Yam) Deltaic Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Sagittaria latifolia - Sagittaria platyphylla - (Colocasia esculenta) Deltaic Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL007890
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683527 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo