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Nymphaea odorata - Nuphar spp. - Brasenia schreberi Aquatic Vegetation Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Nymphaea odorata - Nuphar spp. - Brasenia schreberi Aquatic Vegetation Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance, common throughout most of the eastern and central United States and adjacent Canadian provinces, contains vegetation which may occur in a variety of slow-moving waterbodies, including rivers, millponds, streams, shallow ponds or lakes, or on shores of deeper waterbodies including freshwater tidal areas. Stands are dominated by hydromorphic-rooted aquatic plants, typically <i>Nuphar</i> spp., with or without <i>Nymphaea odorata</i> and <i>Nymphoides aquatica</i>. Emergent vegetation is less than 25%, and typically plant species diversity is low. Other species present may include <i>Utricularia</i> spp., <i>Potamogeton</i> spp., and others. In the north, <i>Brasenia schreberi</i> may be locally dominant. Other characteristic northern species include <i>Nymphaea tetragona</i> and <i>Potamogeton amplifolius</i>. Associates found in the Midwest include <i>Polygonum amphibium</i>. Stands of this alliance are permanently to semipermanently flooded, and water depth is generally greater than 0.5 m and up to 2 m. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39274-{0F22D8E5-F5E0-4A34-8BE7-A367428F42AE}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.900114 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A4064
  Translated: American White Water-lily - Pond-lily species - Watershield Aquatic Vegetation Alliance
  Common: Water-lily - Pond-lily Aquatic Vegetation
  Scientific: Nymphaea odorata - Nuphar spp. - Brasenia schreberi Aquatic Vegetation Alliance