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General Shrublands
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Lentic Habitats
Longleaf Pine Woodlands
Lotic Habitats
Marine Habitats
Maritime Forests and Dunes
Marshes, Mires, and Shoreline Habitats
Peatland Forests and Shrublands
Rock Outcrops, Glades, and Barrens
Underground Habitats
Upland Hardwood Forests
Habitat Type:
Members of Marshes, Mires, and Shoreline Habitats:
Coastal Freshwater and Low-Salinity Marshes
Coastal Plain Open, Wet Herblands
Coastal Plain Sedge, Grass, and Rush Mires
Coastal Plain Shallow Wetlands
General Acidic Wetlands
General Blackwater Shorelines
General Broadleaf Herbaceous Mires
General Brownwater Shorelines
General Cattail and Tall Grass Marshes
General Coastal Plain Fernlands
General Fernlands
General Herbaceous Wetlands
General Montane Fernlands
General Sedge, Grass, and Rush Mires
General Shoreline Forblands
General Stream Shorelines
General Wet Meadows
Large Water Body Shorelines
Montane Broadleaf Herbaceous Mires
Montane Sedge, Grass, and Rush Mires
Montane Shoreline Shrub Thickets
Montane Wet Meadows
Montane Wet-Mesic Forests and Edges
Muddy Shorelines and Flats
Salt Flats
Salt and Brackish Marshes
Shoreline Shrublands
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Marshes, Mires, and Shoreline Habitats
Coastal Freshwater and Low-Salinity Marshes
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General Description
Members are associated with coastal marshes that are primarily freshwater but with some also occurring in brackish but not salt marshes. Members of this habitat are restricted to the Coastal Plain, with residential populations, at least, not occurring in the Piedmont or Mountains.
This habitat intersects Salt and Brackish Marshes, with both including low-salinity areas.
Abiotic Factors
Biotic Structure
Co-evolved Species Groups
Phagic and Competitory Symbioses:
Carex hyalinolepis // Euphyes dukesi
Cladium jamaicense // Euphyes pilatka
Zizania aquatica-Sporobolus cynosuroides // Problema bulenta
Determining Species
sciName
comName
g_rank
s_rank
mod_s_rank
prob_of_extirpation
BIRDS
Botaurus lentiginosus
American Bittern
G5
S1
S1
0.33330
Laterallus jamaicensis
Black Rail
G3G4
S2S3
S2S3
0.01230
Cistothorus palustris
Marsh Wren
G5
S3
S3
0.00407
Rallus limicola
Virginia Rail
G5
S3
S3
0.00407
BUTTERFLIES
Problema bulenta
Rare Skipper
G3
S1
S1
0.33330
Euphyes dukesi
Dukes' Skipper
G3G4
S1S2
S1S2
0.11107
Euphyes pilatka
Palatka Skipper
G3G4
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
FORBS
Typha angustifolia
Narrow-leaved Cattail
G5
S3
S3
0.00407
Typha domingensis
Southern Cattail
G4G5
S3
S3
0.00407
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos
Seashore Mallow
G5
S4
S4
0.00041
Bacopa innominata
a water-hyssop
G3G5
SH
SH
FROGS
Lithobates kauffeldi
Mid-Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog
GRAMINOIDS
Carex hyalinolepis
Shoreline Sedge
G4G5
S2
S2
0.03699
Zizania aquatica
Wild Rice
G5
S2
S2
0.03699
Cladium jamaicense
Jamaica Sawgrass
G5
S3
S3
0.00407
Fimbristylis castanea
Marsh Fimbry
G5
S4S5
S4S5
0.00010
Spartina cynosuroides
Salt Reedgrass
G5
S5
S5
0.00000
Schoenoplectus acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
G5
SH
SH
MAMMALS
Oryzomys palustris
Marsh Rice Rat
G5
S5 S4
S5 S4
MOTHS
Tarache terminimaculata
Curve-lined Acontia
GNR
S2S4
S2S4
0.00407
Meropleon ambifusca
G3G4
SH
SH
Meropleon cinnamicolor
an owlet moth
GU
SH
SH
Bellura brehmei
an owlet moth
GNR
SU
SU
0.00202
Macrochilo santerivalis
an owlet moth
G3G4
SU
SU
0.00202
ODONATES
Brachymesia gravida
Four-spotted Pennant
G5
S5
S5
0.00000
Libellula needhami
Needham's Skimmer
G5
S5
S5
0.00000
Nr
= Number of Ranked Species = 25
Ner
= Number of Extant, Ranked Species = 20
Nv
= Number of Historic and Extirpated Species = 4
Nar
= Number of Species at Risk of Extirpation (State rank > S5) = 17
Nss
= Number of Secure Species (State Rank = S5) = 3
Pss
= Proportion of Secure Species (Nss/Ner) = 0.15000
ENE
= Expected Number of Extirpations (Sum of PE) = 0.89424
Average PE
(ENE/Ner) = 0.04471
Habitat Risk Index = (Nar+Nv) x Average PE = 21 x 0.04471 = 0.93891
Estimated Risk to the Determining Species
Estimated Risk to the Co-evolved Species Groups
Estimated Security of the Habitat
Index of Habitat Imperilment
Identified Risks
Observed Trends
Distribution Map
Distribution
Major Conservation Reserves
Priority Areas for Surveys and Conservation Protection
Stewardship and Management Recommendations
References
Updated on
2021-12-31 23:59:13