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Lake Mudflats Sparse Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Lake Mudflats Sparse Vegetation Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 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 composed 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: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31222-{DAB9F200-EDAD-499A-B550-074BCADABC03} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 16-Dec-1998 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Inland Mud Lakeshore Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684274 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002313   Translated: Lake Mudflats Sparse Vegetation   Common: Lake Mudflats   Scientific: Lake Mudflats Sparse Vegetation (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL002313 (similar) Lake Mud Flats Sparse Vegetation (similar) Lake Mudflats Sparse Vegetation