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Lentic Habitats
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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
Fall-line Sandhills Beaver Mires
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 Open, Wet Forblands
General Sedge, Grass, and Rush Mires
General Shoreline Forblands
General Stream Shorelines
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
Wet, Sedgy Glades, Barrens, and Seepage Slopes
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Marshes, Mires, and Shoreline Habitats
Salt and Brackish Marshes
General Description
Members of this habitat are halophilic, restricted to coastal brackish and salt marshes, making little or no use of freshwater habitats.
Abiotic Factors
Biotic Structure
Co-evolved Species Groups
Phagic and Competitory Symbioses:
Limonium carolinianum // Palatka nymphaeella
Determining Species
sciName
comName
g_rank
s_rank
mod_s_rank
prob_of_extirpation
BIRDS
Ammospiza maritima
G4
S4
S4
0.00041
Rallus crepitans
Clapper Rail
G5
S4
S4
0.00041
BUTTERFLIES
Poanes aaroni
Aaron's Skipper
G4
S1
S1
0.33330
Panoquina panoquin
Salt Marsh Skipper
G5
S4
S4
0.00041
FORBS
Symphyotrichum tenuifolium
Perennial Salt-marsh Aster
G5
S3
S3
0.00407
Symphyotrichum subulatum
Eastern Salt-marsh Aster
G5
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Borrichia frutescens
Sea Oxeye
G5
S4
S4
0.00041
GRAMINOIDS
Distichlis spicata
Seashore Saltgrass
G5
S4
S4
0.00041
Juncus roemerianus
Black Needle Rush, Roemer's Rush
G5
S5
S5
0.00000
Sporobolus alterniflorus
G5
S5
S5
0.00000
HEMIPTERAN HOPPERS
Amplicephalus littoralis
G4G5
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Aphelonema simplex
G4G5
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Destria bisignata
S3S4
0.00132
Keyflana hasta
G4G5
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Neomegamelanus elongatus
G4G5
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Neomegamelanus spartini
G4G5
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Paraphlepsius fuscipennis
G4G5
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Prokelisia crocea
G4G5
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Prokelisia marginata
G4G5
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Sanctanus aestuarium
G3G4
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Spartidelphax detectus
G4G5
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Spartidelphax penedetectus
G4G5
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Tumidagena propinqua
G4G5
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Tumidagena terminalis
G4G5
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
MOTHS
Argyrotaenia ivana
Ivana Leafroller Moth
Scythris trivinctella
Banded Scythris Moth
Doryodes fusselli
Fussell's Doryodes
G2G4
S2S4
S2S4
0.00407
Doryodes spadaria
Dull Doryodes Moth
GNR
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Palatka nymphaeella
GNR
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Photedes enervata
A Noctuid Moth
G4
SU
SU
0.00202
ODONATES
Erythrodiplax berenice
Seaside Dragonlet
G5
S5
S5
0.00000
ORTHOPTERANS
Conocephalus spartinae
Saltmarsh Meadow Katydid
GNR
S2S4
S2S4
0.00407
Orchelimum fidicinium
Seaside Meadow Katydid
GNR
S3S4
S3S4
0.00132
Conocephalus nigropleuroides
Tidewater Meadow Katydid
GNR
SH
SH
Neoconocephalus melanorhinus
Black-nosed Conehead
GNR
SH
SH
SHRUBS
Iva frutescens
Big-leaf Marsh-elder
G5
S4
S4
0.00041
Limonium carolinianum
Sea-lavender
G5
S4
S4
0.00041
SNAKES
Nerodia sipedon williamengelsi
Carolina Water Snake
T3
S3
S3
0.00407
TURTLES
Malaclemys terrapin
Diamondback Terrapin
G4
S3
S3
0.00407
Nr
= Number of Ranked Species = 37
Ner
= Number of Extant, Ranked Species = 35
Nv
= Number of Historic and Extirpated Species = 2
Nar
= Number of Species at Risk of Extirpation (State rank > S5) = 32
Nss
= Number of Secure Species (State Rank = S5) = 3
Pss
= Proportion of Secure Species (Nss/Ner) = 0.08571
ENE
= Expected Number of Extirpations (Sum of PE) = 0.38230
Average PE
(ENE/Ner) = 0.01092
Habitat Risk Index = (Nar+Nv) x Average PE = 34 x 0.01092 = 0.37128
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
Sanger, D. and Parker, C. 2016. Guide to the Salt Marshes And Tidal Creeks of the Southeastern United States. Southeastern Regional Taxonomic Center Marine Resources Research Institute; South Carolina Department of Natural. Accessible online at: https://www.saltmarshguide.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/SaltMarshTidalCreekGuide.pdf
Updated on
2022-01-01 00:02:19