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Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - Juncus roemerianus Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - Juncus roemerianus Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of... Description: This coastal community is an irregularly tidally flooded high salt marsh of the mid- and southern Atlantic coast. It is dominated by Spartina patens, which forms meadows with a distinct "cowlicked" appearance. These meadows occur at slightly higher elevations than adjacent, regularly flooded low salt marsh occupying the zone extending from mean high tide landward approximately to the limit of high spring tides. The substrate is peat of variable depths overlying sand. Distichlis spicata can be codominant. Additional associated species that generally occur in low abundance can include Limonium carolinianum, Agalinis maritima, Salicornia virginica, Juncus roemerianus, Sabatia stellaris, Borrichia frutescens, Lythrum lineare, Solidago sempervirens, Pluchea odorata (= Pluchea purpurascens), Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos (= Hibiscus palustris), or Atriplex prostrata (= Atriplex patula var. hastata). Shrub seedlings of Baccharis halimifolia, Iva frutescens, and/or Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera) may occur sporadically. Diagnostic species are Spartina patens, Distichlis spicata, Borrichia frutescens, Kosteletzkya virginica, and Pluchea odorata. This community ranges from Delaware south to Florida.  Accession Code: VB.CC.19944.SPARTINAPATENSD Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Spartina patens - (Distichlis spicata) Tidal Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684204 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004197   Scientific: Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - Juncus roemerianus Herbaceous Vegetation   Common: Mid-Atlantic High Salt Marsh   Translated: Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Saltgrass - Black Needlerush Herbaceous Vegetation (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus roemerianus) Herbaceous Vegetation