Ohio subset of Plant Communities of the Midwest ... - NatureServe

Open and Emergent Marshes: Eastern Open Marshes and Ponds
Nuphar lutea ssp. advena - Nymphaea odorata Herbaceous Vegetation
Broadleaf Pondlily - White Waterlily Herbaceous Vegetation
Water Lily Aquatic Wetland
CEGL002386
DESCRIPTION: This community is dominated by rooted, floating-leaved aquatic species, with both submergent and
emergent aquatics also present. Nuphar lutea ssp. advena and Nymphaea odorata are dominants. Other species
present include Brasenia schreberi, various Potamogeton spp., Polygonum amphibium, and Polygonum amphibium
var. emersum (= Polygonum coccineum) (Anderson 1982). Submerged aquatic species more common in the
southern part of the range include Cabomba caroliniana, Ceratophyllum demersum, and Heteranthera dubia.
This community occupies shallow water depressions, oxbow ponds, and backwater sloughs of river floodplains,
ponds, and small lakes.
COMMENTS: 3, MCS. Occurs in borrow pits on Kisatchie National Forest. On the Conecuh National Forest (Alabama),
vegetation of this alliance occurs in Gum Pond and Open Pond as a mix of Nymphaea odorata and Nuphar lutea ssp.
advena.
CONSERVATION RANK: G4G5.
DISTRIBUTION: This rooted aquatic community occupies shallow, quiet waters throughout the central and eastern
United States, extending from Maine to Ontario and Minnesota, south to Oklahoma and east to Georgia.
USFS ECOREGIONS: 212Cb:CCC, 212Hb:CPP, 212Ja:CCP, 212Jb:CCP, 212Jc:CCP, 212Je:CCP, 212Jf:CCP, 212Jj:CCP,
212Jl:CCP, 212Jm:CCC, 212Ka:CPP, 221Ea:CCC, 221Ed:CC, 221Ef:CCC, 221He:CCC, 222Ch:CCC, 222Db:CCC,
222Gc:C, 222Ha:CCC, 222Ja:CCC, 222Jb:CCC, 222Ji:CCC, 222Jj:CCC, 222Kf:CCC, 222Kg:CCC, 222Kh:CCC, 222Kj:CCC,
231Ga:CCC, 231Gb:CCC, 231Gc:CCC, 234Ac:CC, 234An:CCC, 251Cf:CCC, 251Dd:CCC, 251Dg:CCC, 251Eb:CCC,
M221Aa:CCC, M221Ab:CCC, M221Ac:CCC, M221Ad:CCC, M221Ba:CCC, M221Bb:CCC, M221Bc:CCC, M221Bd:CCC,
M221Be:CCC, M221Bf:CCC, M221Da:CCC
CONSERVATION REGIONS: 31:C, 32:P, 36:C, 37:C, 39:C, 40:P, 41:C, 42:C, 43:C, 44:C, 45:C, 46:C, 47:C, 48:C, 49:C, 50:C, 51:,
52:C, 53:C, 55:P, 56:C, 57:C, 58:C, 59:C, 60:, 61:C, 62:C, 63:C
STATES: AL AR CT DE GA IA IL IN KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS NC NH NJ NY OH OK PA RI SC TN TX VA VT WI WV
PROVINCES: ON
MIDWEST HERITAGE SYNONYMY: IL pond (N); marsh (N) I
IN lake +
MI inland emergent marsh +
MN lake bed -
MO freshwater marsh +
OH floating-leaved marsh; floating-leaved riverine community I
WI submerged aquatic (water lily subtype (not tracked))
OTHER SYNONYMY: L5D2aI1a. Nuphar lutea (Foti et al. 1994), Cowlily Aquatic Bed, Open water marsh with floatingleaved
plants (NAP)
USNVC HIERARCHY: NYMPHAEA ODORATA - NUPHAR SPP. PERMANENTLY FLOODED TEMPERATE HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
(V.C.2.N.a)
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