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Schoenoplectus maritimus - Atriplex patula - Eleocharis parvula Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Schoenoplectus maritimus - Atriplex patula - Eleocharis parvula Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This inland salt marsh community type is found in scattered locations in the midwestern United States, including Illinois, Michigan, and New York. Stands occur on peat, muck, or mineral soils saturated by sodium- or chlorine-rich groundwater seeping from saline aquifers. These sites are most common along streams or rivers where glacial drift is thin enough to permit brine from deep saline aquifers to remain concentrated and emerge at discrete points. This community is a wetland dominated by tall graminoid plants. The vegetation may be sparse with areas of bare mud. Salt-tolerant species are common in the community. It has a similar environment across its range, but because occurrences are small and widely scattered, each site has a distinct composition. Dominant species vary from marsh to marsh, and eastern sites are richer in halophytic species than western sites. Species that are found across the range of the community are Atriplex patula, Eleocharis parvula, Hibiscus moscheutos, and Schoenoplectus maritimus (= Scirpus maritimus). In Illinois, Spartina pectinata can be dominant. In Michigan, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum (= Aster lanceolatus var. lanceolatus), Schoenoplectus americanus (= Scirpus americanus), and Typha latifolia tend to be dominants. In New York, other characteristic plants include Agrostis stolonifera, Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis (= Diplachne maritima), and Spergularia salina (= Spergularia marina). Species that are found across the range of the community are Atriplex patula, Eleocharis parvula, Hibiscus moscheutos, and Schoenoplectus maritimus.  Accession Code: VB.CC.23582.SCHOENOPLECTUSM 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: Schoenoplectus maritimus Semipermanently Flooded Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Saltmarsh Clubrush - Halberd-leaf Orach - Dwarf Spikerush Herbaceous Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686421 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL005111   Scientific: Schoenoplectus maritimus - Atriplex patula - Eleocharis parvula Herbaceous Vegetation   Common: Inland Saline Marsh (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Schoenoplectus maritimus - Atriplex patula - Eleocharis parvula Herbaceous Vegetation