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A.1333 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1333
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance is found in the scattered sand dunes that exist along the north Pacific Coast. It occurs where the movement of sand is slight to moderate, such as on sheltered sand plains, old blowouts or deflation plains. It is especially well-developed on deflation plains where moisture is ample but without standing water. It is a sparse to moderately dense herbaceous alliance, dominated by perennial grasses and forbs. The grass ~Festuca rubra$ is commonly present and spreading by long rhizomes. Most of the species have low to mounding statures or, in the case of silver moss (~Racomitrium canescens$), spreading. Silver moss is intolerant of sand burial and so is an indicator of relatively sheltered and/or stable dune forms. This alliance is rich in forb species. Most of the species occurring in the alliance are not found in unstabilized dune forms. Other species common to this grassland include ~Cardionema ramosissimum, Hypochaeris radicata, Lupinus littoralis, Polygonum paronychia, Polypodium glycyrrhiza$, and ~Solidago simplex var. spathulata (= Solidago spathulata)$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1106.A1333
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.A.5.N.i
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: FESTUCA RUBRA INTERMITTENTLY FLOODED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1333
  Common: Red Fescue Intermittently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Festuca rubra Intermittently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance