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Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense - Fimbristylis castanea - Symphyotrichum tenuifolium Herbaceous Vegetation | Ross, M. S., J. J. O'Brien, and ...
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Name: Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense - Fimbristylis castanea - Symphyotrichum tenuifolium Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Ross, M. S., J. J. O'Brien, and ...
Description: This freshwater marsh association of the Florida Keys is dominated by <i>Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense</i>. The typical expression of this type is an open herbaceous marsh, but it may take on the appearance of a low swamp forest when invaded by woody species such as <i>Conocarpus erectus</i> and/or <i>Laguncularia racemosa</i>. It occurs primarily in depressions in the interior of the lower Florida Keys, but may also be found in narrow bands in several Upper Keys locations where islands are wide. The depressions range from shallow to deep; deeper depressions are often filled with peat, while shallow examples have poorly developed soils which may be little more than a thin layer of calcitic mud. In either case, freshwater is generally ponded during the wet season, and rarely far from the soil surface at any time of year. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37275.CEGL003968
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
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Names:   Common: Florida Keys Freshwater Marsh
  Translated: Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass - Marsh Fimbry - Perennial Saltmarsh Aster Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense - Fimbristylis castanea - Symphyotrichum tenuifolium Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL003968
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688472 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo