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Eleocharis fallax - Eleocharis rostellata Tidal Herbaceous Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Eleocharis fallax - Eleocharis rostellata Tidal Herbaceous Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This alliance includes peaty oligohaline marshes, well away from tidal guts, with frequent to dominant Eleocharis fallax and Eleocharis rostellata; these have been termed 'spikerush lawns' in very slightly brackish (oligohaline) marshes. Other characteristic species can include Centella erecta, Eriocaulon decangulare, Ludwigia alata, Cyperus haspan, Cladium mariscoides, Sabatia dodecandra, Eryngium aquaticum, Proserpinaca palustris, Ludwigia alata, and Juncus spp. This alliance ranges from Maryland southwards along the southeastern Coastal Plain. Salinity is 0.5-5 ppt. Even though there is some variability in the expression of this marsh vegetation between North Carolina and Virginia examples, only one association has been described. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.19929.ELEOCHARISFALLA
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: Eleocharis fallax - Eleocharis rostellata Tidal Herbaceous Alliance
  Translated: Creeping Spikerush - Beaked Spikerush Tidal Herbaceous Alliance
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  Code: A.1474