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Name: Lake Mudflats Sparse Vegetation
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This lake mudflats community is found throughout the upper midwestern region of the United States and adjacent Canada, and probably more widely. Stands occur in shallow basins or lake margins that flood in the spring and draw down later in the season, exposing wet, muddy sediments on which plant species subsequently grow. Great Lakes shore mudflats are placed here as well. Substrates include silt and clay mixed with marl or sedimentary peats comprised of plant and animal residues precipitated from standing water. Rooted aquatics may grow during the flood stages, leaving organic debris on the surface during drawdowns. The composition and structure of the vegetation are influenced by the flooding regime. In general, the vegetation is composed of dryland forms of aquatic plants and seedlings originating from seeds dormant in the sediment or washed in from other communities. These aquatics include <i>Heteranthera</i> spp., <i>Nuphar</i> spp., <i>Nymphaea</i> spp., <i>Polygonum amphibium</i>, and <i>Potamogeton</i> spp. As the vegetation matures over the summer and early fall, graminoids or forbs may become dominant, including species of <i>Cyperus, Juncus, Polygonum</i>, and <i>Schoenoplectus</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36918.CEGL002313
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:   Translated: Lake Mudflats Sparse Vegetation
  Code: CEGL002313
  Scientific: Lake Mudflats Sparse Vegetation
  Common: Lake Mudflats
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