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Spartina patens - Schoenoplectus pungens - Solidago sempervirens Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Spartina patens - Schoenoplectus pungens - Solidago sempervirens Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of... Description: This community is an upland dune grassland of mid-Atlantic barrier islands on embryo dunes forming from overwash terraces from Delaware to North Carolina. It forms a drier, later successional phase beginning from water-deposited sand of storm overwash. Sand movement, plant burial, and dune formation rates are not so high as to form Ammophila breviligulata-dominated primary dunes, but can be found as a fringe around the outer edge of those dunes. Spartina patens is dominant, ranging from quite sparse (25% cover) to dense, and can be monotypic in early successional expressions. As the vegetation develops, common associated species can include Schoenoplectus pungens (= Scirpus pungens) or Solidago sempervirens. Less common associates can include Cyperus grayi, Cenchrus tribuloides, Setaria parviflora, Festuca rubra, and occasional scattered individuals of Toxicodendron radicans and seedlings of Baccharis halimifolia. Bare sand is often visible through the vegetation, and there is no soil profile development. Ammophila breviligulata or Uniola paniculata may invade from the surrounding dunes. This community appears to be a successional step between interdunal herbaceous wetlands and interdunal herbaceous/shrub uplands.  Accession Code: VB.CC.22028.SPARTINAPATENSS 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 - (Schoenoplectus pungens) Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Threesquare - Seaside Goldenrod Herbaceous Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686121 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004097   Scientific: Spartina patens - Schoenoplectus pungens - Solidago sempervirens Herbaceous Vegetation   Common: Overwash Dune Grassland (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Spartina patens - Schoenoplectus pungens - Solidago sempervirens Herbaceous Vegetation