Name:
Tropical Andean Pondshore & Wet Meadow Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
Emergent marshes along the shores of lakes and streams characterized by emergent narrow- and broad-leaved herbs and grass-like plants as well as floating-leaved herbs. They are distributed across the tropical Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, above 3000 m elevation and are permanently saturated or subject to frequent flooding. There is a zonation characteristic of these communities across the gradient of inundation and current exposure. Characteristic species are <i>Juncus effusus, Juncus microcephalus, Juncus arcticus, Ranunculus nubigenus, Eleocharis palustris, Eleocharis macrostachya, Eleocharis acicularis, Lysipomia sphagnophila, Juncus ecuadoriensis, Cotula mexicana, Scirpus giganteus, Limosella aquatica, Limosella australis (= Limosella subulata), Myriophyllum quitense, Ranunculus limoselloides, Ranunculus trichophyllus, Lilaea scilloides, Lilaeopsis macloviana, Mimulus glabratus, Crassula peduncularis, Isoetes glacialis, Isoetes karstenii, Isoetes palmeri, Lilaeopsis schaffneriana, Ranunculus spaniophyllus, Tillaea paludosa, Najas guadalupensis, Egeria canadensis, Callitriche nubigena, Ranunculus flagelliformis, Myriophyllum aquaticum (= Myriophyllum brasiliense), Hydrocotyle ranunculoides, Typha</i> spp., <i>Schoenoplectus californicus ssp. tatora, Ranunculus cymbalaria, Mimulus glabratus, Deyeuxia</i> spp., <i>Triglochin concinna</i>, and <i>Puccinellia frigida</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:41087-{F69EEFAA-E01E-4482-A6BE-126C716270E9}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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