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A.1472 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1472
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Tidal marshes dominated by ~Typha angustifolia$ and/or ~Typha domingensis$. Examples of this alliance are composed of a mixture of salt marsh and freshwater tidal marsh species. The vegetation is dense and characterized by tall graminoids such as ~Typha angustifolia$, with associates including ~Spartina cynosuroides, Phragmites australis$ or ~Schoenoplectus americanus (= Scirpus americanus), Pontederia cordata, Lilaeopsis chinensis, Hibiscus moscheutos (= Hibiscus palustris)$, and ~Pluchea odorata$. Other characteristic species include ~Hibiscus moscheutos, Spartina patens, Distichlis spicata, Schoenoplectus pungens (= Scirpus pungens), Lycopus americanus, Eleocharis palustris, Hydrocotyle umbellata, Eupatorium capillifolium, Ptilimnium capillaceum, Bidens$ spp., and ~Spartina alterniflora$. This community is typically a brackish tidal marsh occurring where water salinity ranges from 0.5-18.0 ppt. Brackish marshes are most extensive on large tidal rivers, but smaller marshes of this alliance also occur at the upper limits of larger tidal creeks. The alliance occurs along the Atlantic coast from Maine through South Carolina and along the Gulf coast in Alabama and Texas. Alabama and Texas communities occur in oligohaline tidal marshes and are dominated by ~Typha domingensis$. Further research is necessary to determine the classification, and thus the range, with confidence. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1245.A1472
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.n
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: TYPHA (ANGUSTIFOLIA, DOMINGENSIS) TIDAL HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1472
  Common: (Narrowleaf Cattail, Southern Cattail) Tidal Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Typha (angustifolia, domingensis) Tidal Herbaceous Alliance