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Morella cerifera - Panicum hemitomon Floating Marsh | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Morella cerifera - Panicum hemitomon Floating Marsh Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This is a floating marsh of the Mississippi Deltaic Plain occurring on extensive floating peat mats. <i>Morella cerifera</i> dominates and may be the only species present other than <i>Panicum hemitomon</i>. Flotant marshes are dynamic systems and may switch from herbaceous dominance to shrub dominance in a cyclic pattern. Since floating marshes do not experience the stress of high floodwaters, shrubs may more easily become established in flotant marshes than in marshes rooted in the underlying substrate and subjected to floods. However, as shrubs become established and increase in biomass, the marsh mat becomes heavier and sinks, increasing flooding levels and killing off the woody shrubs.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36021-{0BC612D3-1632-4EFA-9E0C-6F068F25C856} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 22-Oct-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Panicum hemitomon Floating Marsh Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687875 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL007834   Translated: Wax-myrtle - Maidencane Floating Marsh   Common: Gulf Coast Wax-myrtle - Maidencane Floating Marsh   Scientific: Morella cerifera - Panicum hemitomon Floating Marsh (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL007834 (similar) Morella cerifera - Panicum hemitomon Flotant Marsh Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Morella cerifera - Panicum hemitomon Flotant Marsh Shrubland