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Rhizophora mangle Tidal Shrubland Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Rhizophora mangle Tidal Shrubland Alliance Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This alliance consists of tidal shrublands dominated by stunted Rhizophora mangle. Communities of this alliance occur in more stressed sites than Rhizophora mangle forests and have shorter individuals (less than 5 m, and usually only 0.5-2 m tall); the physiognomic structure varies from nearly closed to open (canopy closure 25-90%). Communities of this alliance occur in highly stressed situations (such as full saline, shallowly underlain by oolite). Rhizophora mangle is sometimes the only vascular plant present, though other characteristic species, including Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense and Avicennia germinans, are often present. Sometimes, these communities grade landward to Rhizophora mangle forests. Hydrologically, these communities are inundated for long periods, and occur not on peats but on calcareous muds 2-30 cm deep over limestone.  Accession Code: VB.CC.27635.RHIZOPHORAMANGL 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: Rhizophora mangle Tidal Shrubland Alliance   Translated: Red Mangrove Tidal Shrubland Alliance   UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125899 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A.735