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A.1433 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1433
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance, found in the northern Great Plains, Utah, and Nevada, is made up of graminoid-dominated communities found in saline wetlands. Medium-tall and short graminoids predominate. Woody species are very uncommon. ~Schoenoplectus pungens (= Scirpus pungens), Suaeda calceoliformis, Distichlis spicata$ (on drier margins), and ~Ruppia maritima$ are all common species. ~Chenopodium incanum, Monolepis nuttalliana$, and ~Picradeniopsis oppositifolia$ are sometimes abundant on less saline portions of the alliance. ^This alliance occurs in depressions and river valleys. The loam to sandy loam soils are deep, poorly drained and formed in alluvium (Steinauer 1989). These soils are slightly to strongly affected by soluble salt. Standing water is at or near the surface for most of the year. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1210.A1433
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.l
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: SCHOENOPLECTUS PUNGENS SEMIPERMANENTLY FLOODED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Common: Threesquare Semipermanently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
  Code: A.1433
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Schoenoplectus pungens Semipermanently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance