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A.1755 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1755
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance occurs in tidal flats and alkali marshes of California and requires seasonally to permanently flooded areas with hypersaline, mixohaline, or mixosaline water chemistry. Elevations range from sea level to 2100 m. This alliance is dominated by one of two species of ~Ruppia$; ~Ruppia cirrhosa$ at higher elevations and inland stands, and ~Ruppia maritima$ in the lowlands and coastal zone. Both species form submerged beds. Other species present may include ~Utricularia macrorhiza, Najas guadalupensis, Zannichellia palustris, Potamogeton foliosus, Myriophyllum$ spp., and ~Ceratophyllum$ spp. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1493.A1755
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.2.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: RUPPIA (CIRRHOSA, MARITIMA) PERMANENTLY FLOODED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1755
  Common: (Spiral Ditch-grass, Beaked Ditch-grass) Permanently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Ruppia (cirrhosa, maritima) Permanently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance