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Lentic Habitats
Longleaf Pine Woodlands
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Maritime Forests and Dunes
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Peatland Forests and Shrublands
Rock Outcrops, Glades, and Barrens
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Upland Hardwood Forests
Habitat Type:
Members of Lentic Habitats:
Estuaries and Sounds
Deep Water Lakes
General Beaver Ponds and Semi-natural Impoundments
Isolated Pools
Coastal Plain Still and Sluggish Waters
Coastal Plain Herbaceous Ponds and Sloughs
Montane Herbaceous Ponds
General Still and Sluggish Waters
Coastal Plain Blackwater Ponds and Streams
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Lentic Habitats
General Herbaceous Ponds
Habitat Overview
Shallow ponds supporting masses of aquatic plant species with floating stems and leaves. The original habitats for these species across the state -- as represented by this general habitat type -- was probably beaver ponds.
Related NHP Natural Communities
Determining Species
Taxa
Global Rank
State Rank
Probability of Extirpation (PE)
FORBS
Ceratophyllum demersum
- Common Hornwort
G5
S3
0.0058
Elodea canadensis
- Canadian Waterweed
G5
S1
0.3584
Elodea nuttallii
- Nuttall's Waterweed
G5
S2
0.0460
Lemna minor
- Common Duckweed
G5
S2
0.0460
Lemna perpusilla
- Minute Duckweed
G5
S4
0.0007
Lemna valdiviana
- Valdivia Duckweed
G5
S3
0.0058
Nuphar advena
- Broadleaf Pond-lily
G5
S5
0.000000000
Nymphaea odorata
- Fragrant Water-lily
G5
S4
0.0007
Potamogeton amplifolius
- Largeleaf Pondweed
G5
S1
0.3584
Potamogeton berchtoldii
- Slender Pondweed
G5
S2
0.0460
Potamogeton diversifolius
- Waterthread Pondweed
G5
S5
0.000000000
Potamogeton epihydrus
- Ribbonleaf Pondweed
G5
S3
0.0058
Potamogeton foliosus
- Leafy Pondweed
G5
S2
0.0460
Potamogeton nodosus
- Longleaf Pondweed
G5
SH
Potamogeton pulcher
- Spotted Pondweed
G5
S4
0.0007
Potamogeton pusillus
- Small Pondweed
G5
S4
0.0007
Utricularia gibba
- Humped Bladderwort
G5
S4
0.0007
MOTHS
Elophila gyralis
- Waterlily Borer Moth
GNR
S3S4
0.0020
Elophila icciusalis
- Pondside Pyralid Moth
GNR
S3S4
0.0020
Elophila obliteralis
- Waterlily Leafcutter Moth
GNR
S4S5
0.0002
Elophila tinealis
GNR
S3S4
0.0020
Parapoynx maculalis
- Polymorphic Pondweed Moth
GNR
S1S3
0.0460
Expected Number of Extirpations with a PE value (Sum of PE) = 0.9739
N = Number of Extant Species with a PE value = 19
Average PE = ENE/N = 0.0513
Number of S5 species = 2
Proportion of Secure Species = Number of S5 Species/N = 0.1053
Habitat Risk Index = ENE x (1 – PSS) = 0.8713
Phagic and Competitory Symbioses:
(Nymphaea species/Elophila gyralis)
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(Lemna species/Elophila tinealis)
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Updated on
2019-12-02 17:13:57
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