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Spartina cynosuroides Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Spartina cynosuroides Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community includes narrow, almost pure stands of Spartina cynosuroides along tidal creeks and sloughs or on levees of oligohaline tidal marshes along the mid- to north Atlantic coast. Some Spartina cynosuroides occurrences are nearly monospecific, while others have a diverse component of other graminoids and forbs. Where mixed, associated plants include Schoenoplectus pungens (= Scirpus pungens), Schoenoplectus robustus (= Scirpus robustus), Schoenoplectus americanus (= Scirpus olneyi), Kosteletzkya virginica, Hibiscus moscheutos, Amaranthus cannabinus, Panicum virgatum, and Polygonum punctatum. Where more saline, Spartina alterniflora and Iva frutescens can become more frequent. Where less saline, associates can include Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (= Scirpus validus), Pontederia cordata, Peltandra virginica, Leersia oryzoides, Mikania scandens, Rumex verticillatus, Echinochloa walteri, Polygonum hydropiperoides, and Typha angustifolia (or Typha domingensis in the south), among others. In more disturbed areas, this association can be displaced by Phragmites australis. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.25842.SPARTINACYNOSUR
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Aug-1994 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Giant Cordgrass Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689750 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004195
  Scientific: Spartina cynosuroides Herbaceous Vegetation
  Common: Atlantic Giant Cordgrass Marsh
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Spartina cynosuroides Herbaceous Vegetation