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Spartina pectinata Western Kentucky Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Spartina pectinata Western Kentucky Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This wet prairie is known from the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain of Kentucky, possibly extending a short distance into adjacent Tennessee. At present the community is probably seasonally saturated, but it was presumably seasonally flooded in the past. The vegetation is dominated by Spartina pectinata, but Helianthus angustifolius and Viola sagittata are also abundant. Also present are Cephalanthus occidentalis, Andropogon gerardii, Dichanthelium scoparium, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum nutans, Tripsacum dactyloides, Asclepias tuberosa, Baptisia alba var. macrophylla (= Baptisia leucantha), Crotalaria sagittalis, Dichanthelium clandestinum, Agalinis fasciculata, Helianthus grosseserratus, Helianthus mollis, Heterotheca villosa (= Chrysopsis villosa), Spiranthes cernua, Rhexia mariana, Rudbeckia hirta, and Rudbeckia subtomentosa. The distinctiveness of this community from other associations in the alliance is unknown and will be difficult to determine since no unaltered examples remain. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22654.SPARTINAPECTINA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Apr-1996 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687139 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Prairie Cordgrass Western Kentucky Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Spartina pectinata Western Kentucky Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004118
  Common: Kentucky Prairie Cordgrass Marsh
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Spartina pectinata Western Kentucky Herbaceous Vegetation