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A.1732 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1732
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This seagrass alliance occurs at depths of 1-4 m in warm sea waters (salinity greater than 17 ppt), on a variety of substrate textures. Vegetation in this alliance can consist of monodominant ~Cymodocea filiformis (= Syringodium filiforme)$, or can have a mixture of ~Cymodocea filiformis$ with other seagrass species, including ~Thalassia testudinum, Halophila engelmannii$, and ~Halodule beaudettei$. These seagrass beds are often also associated with an abundance of macrophytic algae. This alliance ranges discontinuously from Florida to Mexico along the Gulf Coast of North America, throughout the Caribbean, and extends up the Atlantic coast of Florida as far north as the St. Johns River. In Texas, it occurs south of Aransas Bay, and is most abundant in the Laguna Madre and Corpus Christi Bay areas. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1477.A1732
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: V.C.1.N.b
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: CYMODOCEA FILIFORMIS PERMANENTLY FLOODED - TIDAL HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1732
  Common: Manatee-grass Permanently Flooded - Tidal Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Cymodocea filiformis Permanently Flooded - Tidal Herbaceous Alliance