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Spartina patens - Eleocharis parvula Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Spartina patens - Eleocharis parvula Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This brackish, interdunal swale and overwash community of the northeastern Atlantic coast occurs in low areas behind primary or secondary sand dunes. The substrate is sand with little or no organic accumulation. The water source for this wetland community is variable, including seasonally high groundwater table, salt spray, and sporadic tidal overwash, resulting in widely variable salinity levels. The dominant species is generally <i>Spartina patens</i>, but it can be <i>Eleocharis parvula, Schoenoplectus pungens (= Scirpus pungens), Cyperus polystachyos</i>, and/or <i>Juncus articulatus</i>. Associated species depend on salinity and hydrology and can include <i>Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis (= Diplachne maritima), Schoenoplectus maritimus (= Scirpus </i><i>maritimus), Schoenoplectus robustus, Mikania scandens, Juncus ambiguus (= Juncus bufonius var. halophila), Juncus scirpoides,</i><i> Ptilimnium capillaceum, Rumex maritimus, Symphyotrichum subulatum (= Aster subulatus), Chenopodium rubrum, Pluchea odorata, Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos (= Hibiscus palustris), Polygonum ramosissimum, Triglochin maritima, Panicum virgatum, Schoenoplectus robustus</i>, and <i>Argentina anserina (= Potentilla anserina)</i>. <i>Iva frutescens</i> and <i>Baccharis halimifolia</i> may occur on hummocks within the swale. Mats of blue-green and/or brown algae can proliferate across the soil surface. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31218.CEGL006342
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.2.688128 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Northeastern Atlantic Brackish Interdunal Swale
  Scientific: Spartina patens - Eleocharis parvula Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL006342
  Translated: Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Dwarf Spikerush Herbaceous Vegetation