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A.1484 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1484
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance contains freshwater tidal marshes dominated by tall graminoids. ~Zizania aquatica$ is usually dominant or codominant with other graminoids such as ~Typha angustifolia, Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (= Scirpus fluviatilis)$, and ~Sparganium eurycarpum$. These marshes typically occur along tidal river systems (in shallow bays, shoals, or at the mouth) within the reach of the tide, but beyond the influence of saline waters. Soils are highly variable and are composed of varying amounts of silts, silty mucks, fine peat, to very coarse sands. Other characteristic species include ~Sagittaria latifolia, Leersia oryzoides, Amaranthus cannabinus, Impatiens capensis, Bidens bidentoides, Acorus americanus$, and ~Echinochloa walteri$. In the Southeast, ~Zizania aquatica$-dominated vegetation occurs primarily as fringing marshes along tidal freshwater rivers. Communities of this alliance occur in Coastal Plain from Maine south and west to Louisiana. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1257.A1484
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: ZIZANIA AQUATICA TIDAL HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1484
  Common: Indian Wild Rice Tidal Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Zizania aquatica Tidal Herbaceous Alliance