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Cladium mariscoides - (Carex lasiocarpa, Hypericum kalmianum, Oligoneuron riddellii, Eleocharis elliptica) Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Cladium mariscoides - (Carex lasiocarpa, Hypericum kalmianum, Oligoneuron riddellii, Eleocharis elliptica) Fen
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This sawgrass wet prairie community is found in sandy regions of the Lake Erie lakeplain of northwestern Ohio, and may occur elsewhere on the lakeplain in adjacent regions of the United States and Canada. Stands occur in low-lying, sandy areas where the groundwater is at or near the surface for much of the year. Soils are typically a muck over sand. Stands are seasonally flooded, and water depth may vary in spring from several centimeters to almost 0.5 m. The dominant species include <i>Carex lasiocarpa</i> and/or <i>Cladium mariscoides</i>. <i>Carex sartwellii</i> and occasionally <i>Calamagrostis canadensis, Calamagrostis stricta</i>, or <i>Carex stricta</i> may be locally dominant. Stand composition is quite variable, and other species include <i>Carex atherodes, Carex buxbaumii, Carex cryptolepis, Carex pellita, Coreopsis tripteris, Eleocharis elliptica, Euthamia gymnospermoides, Gentiana andrewsii, Hypericum kalmianum, Liatris spicata, Lobelia kalmii, Lythrum alatum, Prenanthes racemosa, Sorghastrum nutans</i>, and <i>Oligoneuron riddellii</i>. Scattered shrubs such as <i>Salix petiolaris</i> may occur. The wettest areas tend to favor <i>Sagittaria graminea, Proserpinaca palustris, Carex sartwellii, Iris versicolor</i>, and <i>Dulichium arundinaceum</i>. Shrubs, including <i>Salix discolor, Salix petiolaris, Ilex verticillata, Physocarpus opulifolius, Cornus amomum</i>, and the non-native <i>Frangula alnus</i>, may increase in drier areas. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33869-{8A0FBE3B-931E-429E-9E12-4C2237BCB5B9}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 15-Jul-1998 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685728 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005104
  Translated: Smooth Sawgrass - (Woolly-fruit Sedge, Kalm's St. John's-wort, Riddell's Goldenrod, Elliptic Spikerush ) Fen
  Common: Smooth Sawgrass Wet Prairie
  Scientific: Cladium mariscoides - (Carex lasiocarpa, Hypericum kalmianum, Oligoneuron riddellii, Eleocharis elliptica) Fen
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Cladium mariscoides - (Carex lasiocarpa, Hypericum kalmianum, Oligoneuron riddellii, Eleocharis elliptica) Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) CEGL005104
(similar) Cladium mariscoides - (Carex lasiocarpa, Hypericum kalmianum, Oligoneuron riddellii, Eleocharis elliptica) Herbaceous Vegetation