Name:
Rhynchospora spp. - Eleocharis spp. - Xyris spp. Pondshore & Wet Prairie Group
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This group occurs in depressions or poorly drained wet flats. The vegetation in depressions usually ranges from open water or floating-leaved aquatics in the center of the deepest basins, to emergent marsh zones in semipermanent water, to drawdown zones with diverse small graminoid and forb vegetation, to dense shrub or woodland edges. Wet prairie vegetation is found on extensive wet flats and consists of primarily herbaceous wetland vegetation with relatively thick cover of grasses and sedge species. Examples occupy low, flat plains on poorly drained soils, often saturated for 50-100 days per year. Occasional to frequent fires, including growing-season burns, are essential for maintenance of this vegetation. Some examples have a sparse tree component of <i>Pinus elliottii</i> or <i>Pinus palustris</i> and scattered shrubs, such as <i>Morella cerifera</i> from Virginia south and <i>Pinus rigida</i> and <i>Morella pensylvanica</i> to the north. Common taxa include <i>Rhynchospora</i> spp., <i>Eleocharis</i> spp., and <i>Xyris</i> spp. These often occur with other graminoids such as species of <i>Andropogon, Aristida, Carex, Eriocaulon</i>, and <i>Panicum</i>. This group is found from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to the Delmarva Peninsula to the Outer Coastal Plain of Virginia, to Florida.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39892-{EEEFDC36-D39F-4497-B6E5-4AF1E89974EE}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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