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A.1879 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1879
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Mudflats with ~Isoetes riparia$. This alliance includes communities occurring on the upper limits of freshwater intertidal shores. The vegetation can be quite sparse with few plants growing in patches within the open sand. Associated species include ~Cyperus bipartitus (= Cyperus rivularis), Eleocharis obtusa (= Eleocharis obtusa var. peasei)$, and in more muddy areas, ~Schoenoplectus smithii (= Scirpus smithii)$. Occurs in coastal areas discontinuously from Massachusetts south to New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1578.A1879
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.B.2.N.g
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ISOETES RIPARIA TIDAL HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1879
  Common: Riverbank Quillwort Tidal Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Isoetes riparia Tidal Herbaceous Alliance