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Typha (angustifolia, domingensis) Tidal Herbaceous Alliance | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Typha (angustifolia, domingensis) Tidal Herbaceous Alliance Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of... 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.17801.TYPHAANGUSTIFOL Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
	status: accepted This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Scientific: Typha (angustifolia, domingensis) Tidal Herbaceous Alliance   Translated: (Narrowleaf Cattail, Southern Cattail) Tidal Herbaceous Alliance   UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.124804 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A.1472