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Ipomoea pes-caprae - Cakile lanceolata Sparse Beach Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Ipomoea pes-caprae - Cakile lanceolata Sparse Beach Vegetation
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This type consists of perennial- and annual-dominated sand flats on upper ocean beaches, within the reach of storm tides and extreme lunar tides. Stands are dominated by <i>Ipomoea pes-caprae</i> and <i>Cakile lanceolata</i>. Other characteristic species include <i>Chamaesyce mesembrianthemifolia, Sporobolus virginicus, Paspalum vaginatum, Suaeda linearis</i>, and <i>Sesuvium portulacastrum</i>. In southeastern Florida this community also includes the trailing forbs <i>Okenia hypogaea</i> and <i>Alternanthera maritima</i>. It occurs in Florida from Brevard and Pinellas counties southward, and along the coasts of Cuba, the West Indies and Mexico. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33194-{102258C3-38BA-49EF-BED1-4376E5113FB3}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 01-Sep-1996 to: ongoing
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Association
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Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686255 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004403
  Translated: Bayhops - Coastal Searocket Sparse Beach Vegetation
  Scientific: Ipomoea pes-caprae - Cakile lanceolata Sparse Beach Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004403
(similar) Ipomoea pes-caprae - Cakile lanceolata Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Ipomoea pes-caprae - Cakile lanceolata Herbaceous Vegetation