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Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus roemerianus) Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus roemerianus) Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association is an irregularly tidally flooded high salt marsh of the mid- and southern Atlantic Coast from Delaware south to Florida. It is dominated by <i>Spartina patens</i>, which forms meadows with a distinct "cowlicked" appearance. These meadows occur at slightly higher elevations than adjacent, regularly flooded low salt marsh occupying the zone extending from mean high tide landward approximately to the limit of high spring tides. The substrate is peat of variable depths overlying sand. <i>Distichlis spicata</i> can be codominant. Additional associated species that generally occur in low abundance and sporadically among examples can include <i>Limonium carolinianum, </i><i>Schoenoplectus americanus, </i><i>Agalinis maritima, Salicornia virginica, Juncus roemerianus, Sabatia stellaris, Borrichia frutescens, Lythrum lineare, Solidago sempervirens, Pluchea odorata (= Pluchea purpurascens), Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos (= Hibiscus palustris)</i>, or <i>Atriplex prostrata (= Atriplex patula var. hastata)</i>. Shrub seedlings of <i>Baccharis halimifolia, Iva frutescens</i>, and/or <i>Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera)</i> may occur sporadically. Diagnostic species are <i>Spartina patens, Distichlis spicata, Borrichia frutescens, Kosteletzkya virginica</i>, and <i>Pluchea odorata</i>. One unusual Virginia occurrence is dominated by <i>Plantago maritima var. juncoides</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.30954.CEGL004197
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
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  Common: Mid- and Southern Atlantic High Salt Marsh
  Translated: Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Saltgrass - (Black Needlerush) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus roemerianus) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004197