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Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus gerardii) Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus gerardii) Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This high salt marsh vegetation dominated by <i>Spartina patens</i> or codominated by <i>Distichlis spicata</i> forms distinct "cowlicked" meadows above low salt marsh communities. This high marsh association generally occurs behind barrier beaches along the north Atlantic coast from the Canadian maritime provinces south to New Jersey. It occupies the irregularly flooded zone extending from mean high tide landward to the limit of spring tides. The substrate is peat overlying sand, silt, or bedrock. Vegetation of this marsh community occurs in mosaics of patches generally dominated by a single graminoid species, <i>Spartina patens, Distichlis spicata</i>, or <i>Juncus gerardii</i>. Other characteristic associates that occur in low abundance include <i>Symphyotrichum tenuifolium (= Aster tenuifolius), Limonium carolinianum, Solidago sempervirens, Symphyotrichum subulatum (= Aster subulatus), Polygonum ramosissimum, Argentina anserina (= Potentilla anserina), Atriplex patula, Lythrum lineare</i>, and <i>Panicum virgatum</i>. Salt pannes are often a prominent feature within this association. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31219.CEGL006006
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.2.689496 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: North Atlantic High Salt Marsh
  Translated: Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Saltgrass - (Saltmeadow Rush) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus gerardii) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL006006