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Coastal Plain Pond Shore
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International Vegetation Classification Associations [-]
This New York natural community encompasses all or part of the concept of the following International Vegetation Classification (IVC) natural community associations. These are often described at finer resolution than New York's natural communities. The IVC is developed and maintained by NatureServe.


NatureServe Ecological Systems [-]
This New York natural community falls into the following ecological system(s). Ecological systems are often described at a coarser resolution than New York's natural communities and tend to represent clusters of associations found in similar environments. The ecological systems project is developed and maintained by NatureServe.


Characteristic Species [-]
Shrubs 2-5m
  • Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
Shrubs < 2m
  • Stagger-bush (Lyonia mariana)
  • Northern Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica)
  • Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
Herbs
  • Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea)
  • Blue-joint Reedgrass (Calamagrostis canadensis)
  • Toothed Sedge (Cyperus dentatus)
  • Fern Flatsedge (Cyperus filicinus)
  • Dwarf Spikerush (Eleocharis parvula)
  • Seven-angle Pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum)
  • Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
  • Slender Flattop Goldenrod (Euthamia caroliniana)
  • Golden Hedge-hyssop (Gratiola aurea)
  • Sharp-fruit Rush (Juncus acuminatus)
  • Jointed Rush (Juncus articulatus)
  • Bayonet Rush (Juncus militaris)
  • Floating-heart (Nymphoides cordata)
  • Saltmarsh Fleabane (Pluchea odorata)
  • Brownish Beakrush (Rhynchospora capitellata)
  • Three-square Bulrush (Schoenoplectus pungens)
  • Zigzag Bladderwort (Utricularia subulata)
Similar Ecological Communities
  • Coastal plain pond
    Coastal plain pond communities are the aquatic community of the permanently flooded portion of a coastal plain pond with seasonally, and annually fluctuating water levels.
  • Shallow emergent marsh
    This community is a marsh meadow community that occurs on mineral soil or deep muck soils (rather than true peat), that are permanently saturated and seasonally flooded. The vegetation is typically graminoid (grasses, sedges, and rushes)
  • Coastal plain poor fen
    Coastal plain poor fens are also found on glacial moraine but form best in small "delta-like" areas of organic deposits near the small stream outlets of coastal plain pond basins. They are typically more shrubby than coastal plain ponds.
  • Pine barrens vernal pond
    Pine barrens vernal ponds are also seasonally fluctuating, groundwater-fed ponds. Within the pine barren landscape, this community forms in low kettlehole depressions or in swales between forested dunes. The water is intermittent, typically vernally ponded, and circumneutral.
  • Vernal pool
    A vernal pool is an aquatic community that can have a wide shoreline. Vernal pools are typically flooded in spring or after a heavy rainfall, but usually dry during summer. Many vernal pools are filled again in autumn.
Vegetation
Shrubs 2-5m
Shrubs < 2m
Herbs
0 20 40 60 80 100
Percent Cover
This figure helps visualize the structure and 'look' or 'feel' of a typical Coastal Plain Pond Shore. Each bar represents the amount of 'coverage' for all the species growing at that height. Because layers overlap (shrubs may grow under trees, for example), the shaded regions can add up to more than 100%.

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New York Natural Heritage Program. 2013. Online Conservation Guide for Coastal Plain Pond Shore. Available from: http://www.acris.nynhp.org/guide.php?id=9919. Accessed May 24th, 2013.
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