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Schoenoplectus americanus - Spartina patens Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Schoenoplectus americanus - Spartina patens Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of... Description: This brackish marsh occurs in wet depressions at the upper reaches of irregularly flooded tidal marshes of the mid-Atlantic coast. It occurs at the ecotone between low and high salt marsh zones. It is irregularly flooded, occurring just above the zone of regular tidal flooding, but is more frequently flooded than Spartina patens-dominated high marsh. This community is dominated by colonies of Schoenoplectus americanus, which often accounts for 40-75% of the total vegetation cover or codominant with Spartina patens at some sites. Associated species can include Pluchea odorata, Juncus roemerianus, Spartina alterniflora, Spartina cynosuroides, Distichlis spicata, and Limonium carolinianum plus Typha spp. and Phragmites australis. This community often grades into Spartina patens- or Juncus roemerianus-dominated high marsh landward or Spartina alterniflora- or Spartina cynosuroides-dominated low marsh seaward. This association is best developed where the elevation gradient across the marsh is more gradual, allowing for greater diversity of physical conditions of duration and frequency of flooding.  Accession Code: VB.CC.27508.SCHOENOPLECTUSA Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 17-Apr-2000 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Schoenoplectus americanus Tidal Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Chairmaker's Bulrush - Saltmeadow Cordgrass Herbaceous Vegetation   Scientific: Schoenoplectus americanus - Spartina patens Herbaceous Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689804 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL006612   Common: Transitional Tidal Marsh (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Schoenoplectus americanus - Spartina patens Herbaceous Vegetation