Habitats of North Carolina

Lentic Habitats
Coastal Plain Herbaceous Ponds and Sloughs

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Habitat Overview

Includes permanent ponds and sloughs in the Coastal Plain that support dense masses of floating and submerged aquatic plants. Many of the sites occupied by this habitat represent natural depression ponds, including Carolina Bays, limesink ponds, and interdune ponds. Also included are beaver ponds, old mill ponds, borrow pits, and other shallow man-made ponds.

All are open and very sunny, a critical factor for the high diversity of aquatic plants that are the Defining Species of this habitat. Swamp forests generally do not have enough insolation to support a high biomass of aquatic plants, and are therefore not included. The Coastal Plain Sluggish Waters habitat intersects this habitat but also intersects swamp forests and is likewise treated separately.

This particular habitat is limited to the Coastal Plain, with the Defining Species found only or predominately in that region. The General Herbaceous Ponds habitat intersects this habitat but also extends across the Piedmont and into the Mountains.

Related NHP Natural Communities

Defining Species

Taxa	Global Rank	State Rank	Imperilment Score	Habitat Risk Index
ODONATES
Celithemis amanda - Amanda's Pennant	G5	S5	1.00	0.0000
Celithemis bertha - Red-veined Pennant	G5	S4	1.00	0.2500
Enallagma concisum - Cherry Bluet	G4	S3S4	1.27	0.3750
Enallagma dubium - Burgundy Bluet	G5	S4	1.00	0.2500
Enallagma minusculum - Little Bluet	G4	SE
Enallagma sulcatum - Golden Bluet	G4	SR
Phanogomphus australis - Clearlake Clubtail	G4	S2	3.33	0.6650
FORBS
Ceratophyllum australe - Southern Hornwort	GNR	S1	5.39	0.8300
Ceratophyllum echinatum - Spineless Hornwort	G4	S2	3.33	0.6650
Hottonia inflata - American Featherfoil	G4	S1	6.33	0.8300
Lemna aequinoctialis - Lesser Duckweed	G5	S3	1.49	0.5000
Lemna obscura - Little Duckweed	G5	S3	1.49	0.5000
Limnobium spongia - American Frog's-bit	G4	S2S3	2.42	0.5825
Myriophyllum heterophyllum - Variable-leaf Water-milfoil	G5	S3	1.49	0.5000
Myriophyllum laxum - Loose Water-milfoil	G3	S2	10.08	0.6650
Myriophyllum pinnatum - Cutleaf Water-milfoil	G5	S1	5.39	0.8300
Myriophyllum tenellum - Slender Water-milfoil	G5	S1	5.39	0.8300
Nymphoides aquatica - Big Floating-heart	G5	S3	1.49	0.5000
Nymphoides cordata - Little Floating-heart	G5	S2	2.84	0.6650
Potamogeton confervoides - Alga-like Pondweed	G4	S2	3.33	0.6650
Potamogeton illinoensis - Illinois Pondweed	G5	S1	5.39	0.8300
Potamogeton perfoliatus - Clasping-leaf Pondweed	G5	S3	1.49	0.5000
Utricularia biflora - Two-flower Bladderwort	GNA	S4		0.2500
Utricularia floridana - Florida Yellow Bladderwort	G3G5	SH	6.33	0.9150
Utricularia inflata - Swollen Bladderwort	G5	S3	1.49	0.5000
Utricularia macrorhiza - Common Bladderwort	G5	S1	5.39	0.8300
Utricularia olivacea - Dwarf Bladderwort	G4	S2	3.33	0.6650
Utricularia purpurea - Eastern Purple Bladderwort	G5	S3	1.49	0.5000
Utricularia radiata - Floating Bladderwort	G4	S3	1.75	0.5000
Utricularia striata - Striped Bladderwort	G4G5	S3	1.62	0.5000
MOTHS
Parapoynx allionealis - Watermilfoil Leafcutter Moth	GNR	S3S4	1.08	0.3750
Parapoynx obscuralis - Obscure Pondweed Moth	GNR	SU	1.49	0.3750
Parapoynx seminealis - Floating-Heart Waterlily Moth	GNR	S3S4	1.08	0.3750
TURTLES
Pseudemys rubriventris - Northern Red-bellied Cooter	G5	S4	1.00	0.2500
Sum: 90.99
ENE Value of 18.0475 * (1 - # of S5: 1 / # Species 31) = 17.47
Average of 31: 2.94

Phagic and Competitory Symbioses: (Myriophyllum species/Parapoynx allionealis)

Candidates for Inclusion

Habitat Sub-sets

Distribution Map

Distribution

Survey Coverage Map

Survey Coverage

Survey Priorities

Average Imperilment of Habitat Members

Habitat Conservation Status

High Quality Habitat Occurrence Table

High Quality Habitat Occurrences

Protected Habitat Occurrences

Threats and Trends

Status Summary

Stewardship Recommendations

References

Updated on

2020-01-07 23:24:22