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Spartina patens - Agrostis stolonifera Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Spartina patens - Agrostis stolonifera Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association comprises brackish meadows dominated by Spartina patens that occur in the lower reaches of tidal rivers in New England. These meadows form behind natural levees along tidal creeks and tidal rivers above mean high tide and to approximately the limit of high spring tides. They are subject to irregular tidal flooding and are poorly drained. Because of freshwater input from the upper drainage basin, the flood waters are brackish (mesohaline, 5-18 ppt). These Spartina patens-dominated meadows have a distinct `cowlicked' appearance. Characteristic associates that occur with low abundance include Agrostis stolonifera (= var. palustris), Carex straminea, Carex hormathodes, Argentina anserina (= Potentilla anserina), Festuca rubra, Eleocharis halophila, Ptilimnium capillaceum, Schoenoplectus pungens, Schoenoplectus americanus, and Spartina pectinata. Other associated species more common to polyhaline (>18 ppt) salt marshes include Juncus gerardii, Triglochin maritima, and Solidago sempervirens, which occur sporadically. Substrate is peat over silty mud or sand. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.19936.SPARTINAPATENSA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 30-Jan-1998 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Spreading Bentgrass Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684198 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006365
  Scientific: Spartina patens - Agrostis stolonifera Herbaceous Vegetation
  Common: Tidal River Brackish Meadow
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(undetermined) Spartina patens - Agrostis stolonifera Herbaceous Vegetation