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Typha angustifolia - Typha latifolia - Schoenoplectus spp. Marsh Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Typha angustifolia - Typha latifolia - Schoenoplectus spp. Marsh Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance, found throughout most of the Great Plains, contains stands dominated by <i>Typha angustifolia</i> and/or <i>Typha latifolia</i>, either alone or in combination with other tall emergent marsh species. In the southern Great Plains, <i>Typha domingensis</i> may be locally prominent. <i>Typha</i> spp. often occur in pure stands, and can colonize areas recently exposed by either natural or human causes. Associated species vary widely across the wide geographic range of this alliance. Vegetation in this alliance may be natural or semi-natural and includes mixed stands of the nominal species, as well as essentially monospecific stands of <i>Typha latifolia</i>. These monospecific stands occur especially in artificial wetlands, such as borrow pits or ponds. This alliance occurs on hydric soils in wetlands, ditches, ponds, lakes, and rivers, as well as on shorelines and streambanks. Inundation is commonly 3-6 dm (1-2 feet) in depth. Occurrences may display areas of open water, but emergent vegetation dominates (80% cover). Seasonal flooding during winter and spring or flooding during heavy rains helps maintain these marshes. Soils which support this community can be mineral or organic but are saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part. Vegetative diversity and density are highly variable in response to water depth, water chemistry, and natural forces. This alliance is found most commonly along lake margins and in shallow basins, and occasionally in river backwaters. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38772-{524ED298-4C57-4EB8-9BD6-B4ABAE3C020D}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899610 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3487
  Translated: Narrowleaf Cattail - Broadleaf Cattail - Bulrush species Marsh Alliance
  Common: Great Plains Cattail - Bulrush Marsh
  Scientific: Typha angustifolia - Typha latifolia - Schoenoplectus spp. Marsh Alliance