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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 <i>Spartina patens</i>-dominated high marsh. This community is dominated by colonies of <i>Schoenoplectus americanus</i>, which often accounts for 40-75% of the total vegetation cover or codominant with <i>Spartina patens</i> at some sites. Associated species can include <i>Pluchea odorata, Juncus roemerianus, Spartina alterniflora, Spartina cynosuroides, Distichlis spicata</i>, and <i>Limonium carolinianum</i> plus <i>Typha</i> spp. and <i>Phragmites australis</i>. This community often grades into <i>Spartina patens</i>- or <i>Juncus roemerianus</i>-dominated high marsh landward or <i>Spartina alterniflora</i>- or <i>Spartina cynosuroides</i>-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.31101.CEGL006612
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]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689804 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Transitional Tidal Marsh
  Translated: Chairmaker's Bulrush - Saltmeadow Cordgrass Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Schoenoplectus americanus - Spartina patens Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL006612