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Panicum virgatum Tidal Herbaceous Alliance | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Panicum virgatum Tidal Herbaceous Alliance
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This alliance consists of brackish to oligohaline tidal marshes dominated by Panicum virgatum. Hydrology of this alliance is irregularly tidally inundated, usually occurring above Juncus roemerianus and other tidal marshes, and at the conceptual edge of tidal and upland communities. Associated species in the northern part of the alliance's range include Spartina pectinata, Agrostis stolonifera, Cladium mariscoides, Schoenoplectus americanus (= Scirpus americanus), Solidago sempervirens, Baccharis halimifolia, and Tripsacum dactyloides. Associates in the southern portion of the range include Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, Sagittaria lancifolia, and Spartina cynosuroides. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.24159.PANICUMVIRGATUM
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Panicum virgatum Tidal Herbaceous Alliance
  Translated: Switchgrass Tidal Herbaceous Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.124935 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.1476