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A.1734 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1734
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance occurs in tropical and warm-temperate estuarine waters. ~Halodule beaudettei (= Halodule wrightii)$ may be monodominant or may occur in admixtures with other seagrass species. This alliance can occur in shallower waters than other seagrass alliances, since ~Halodule beaudettei$ tolerates exposure to the atmosphere at low tide. Following bottom disturbance, ~Halodule beaudettei$ is usually the first colonizer, and in some situations later succeeds to other seagrass communities. This alliance is widespread in waters of Florida and Texas, and present in lesser amounts in other states. About 80,000 hectares are dominated by ~Halodule$ in Core and Pamlico sounds in North Carolina, where ~Halodule$ occurs substantially disjunct from the main body of its distribution farther south. It also occurs in inlets on the eastern coast of Florida. ~Halodule beaudettei$ is the most common seagrass found along the Gulf Coast of Texas and is often found occurring with minor amounts of the shorter stature ~Halophila engelmannii$ and the annual ~Ruppia maritima$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1478.A1734
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.C.1.N.b
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: HALODULE BEAUDETTEI PERMANENTLY FLOODED - TIDAL HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1734
  Common: Shoal-grass Permanently Flooded - Tidal Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Halodule beaudettei Permanently Flooded - Tidal Herbaceous Alliance