Central Appalachian Sinkhole Pond

Type:Alliance
Parent classification:Appalachian-Northeast Wet Meadow & Shrub Swamp
Scientific Name:Dulichium arundinaceum - Polygonum hydropiperoides - Carex spp. Sinkhole Marsh Alliance
Location:United States (Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania)
Description:This sinkhole pond community occurs in mostly seasonally flooded (rarely semipermanently flooded) depression ponds in the Central Appalachian, Ridge and Valley, and Northern Blue Ridge regions.
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Child types

Name
Central Appalachian Montane Depression Pond (Threeway Sedge - Buttonbush Type)
Maple Flats Barratt's Sedge Sinkhole Pond
Montane Herbaceous Pond (Water Sedge - Threeway Sedge Type)
Mountain Doll's-daisy - Smooth White Oldfield Aster - Wild Mint Pond
Rice Cutgrass - Small-spike False Nettle - Yellow Water Buttercup Pond
Shenandoah Valley Sinkhole Pond (Typic Type)

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