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Polygonum spp. - Mixed Forbs Shoreline Wet Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Polygonum spp. - Mixed Forbs Shoreline Wet Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This ephemeral pond community type occurs widely throughout the midwestern region of the United States. Stands occur in shallow depressions that may flood for several weeks in the spring, but draw down by early summer. These basins may be kettles in glacial deposits, low spots in outwash plains, or depressions in floodplains. A wide variety of forbs and graminoids may colonize the exposed substrate. Species include <i>Bidens</i> spp., <i>Cyperus</i> spp., <i>Echinochloa crus-galli</i>, and <i>Polygonum</i> spp. In Missouri <i>Polygonum hydropiperoides</i> is common. In sand ponds in central Illinois, annuals were the most common species, including some of the major dominants, such as <i>Schoenoplectiella hallii, Ammannia coccinea</i>, and various <i>Polygonum</i> spp. (including <i>Polygonum hydropiperoides, Polygonum lapathifolium, Polygonum pensylvanicum</i>, and <i>Polygonum persicaria</i>). Dominant perennials include <i>Typha latifolia, Typha angustifolia, Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani</i>, and <i>Polygonum amphibium</i>). Rare species found in these sand ponds include <i>Boltonia decurrens</i> and <i>Schoenoplectiella hallii</i>. These ponds are of high importance to certain amphibians and invertebrates. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31338-{52841D7A-DA70-4B5D-9A27-FC7A974631AA}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-1998 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685564 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002430
  Translated: Smartweed species - Mixed Forbs Shoreline Wet Meadow
  Common: Midwest Ephemeral Pond
  Scientific: Polygonum spp. - Mixed Forbs Shoreline Wet Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002430
(similar) Polygonum spp. - Mixed Forbs Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Polygonum spp. - Mixed Forbs Herbaceous Vegetation