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Schoenoplectus pungens - Suaeda calceoliformis Alkaline Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Schoenoplectus pungens - Suaeda calceoliformis Alkaline Herbaceous Vegetation
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Description: This alkaline bulrush community type is found in the central-western Great Plains of the United States. Stands occur in depressions in the bottomlands along rivers and streams and along the margins of moderately to strongly alkaline lakes in basins or valleys with little or no surface outlet and poor subsurface drainage. Water enters the wetlands predominately through precipitation and surface runoff. These sites remain flooded through most of the season. Soils are deep, mineral-rich, poorly-drained silt loams or sandy loams with a silty clay subsoil formed in siltstone, calcareous alluvium, or eolian sand. The vegetation of this community is dominated by medium-tall graminoids which can tolerate strongly alkaline conditions. The primary species is <i>Schoenoplectus pungens (= Scirpus pungens)</i> and in some sites <i>Scirpus nevadensis</i> is common. In Nebraska, <i>Stuckenia pectinata (= Potamogeton pectinatus)</i> and <i>Ruppia maritima</i> are present in the deeper parts of the wetland, and mesophytic grasses such as <i>Hordeum jubatum</i> and <i>Puccinellia nuttalliana</i> are common along the periphery. In Kansas, <i>Coreopsis tinctoria, Polygonum pensylvanicum (= Polygonum bicorne), Sagittaria longiloba, Schoenoplectus acutus (= Scirpus acutus), Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (= Scirpus tabernaemontani)</i>, and <i>Typha latifolia</i> may also be present. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36755.CEGL002040
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Western Great Plains Alkaline Marsh
  Translated: Common Threesquare - Pursh Seepweed Alkaline Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Schoenoplectus pungens - Suaeda calceoliformis Alkaline Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL002040
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688739 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo