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Eleocharis palustris - Distichlis spicata Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Eleocharis palustris - Distichlis spicata Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association is described from the saline meadow communities surrounding Utah Lake in northern Utah. Sites are close to 1372 m (4500 feet) in elevation, on the level former lakebed of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville. Soil texture is typically a sandy clay loam. This association consists entirely of herbaceous species, mostly graminoids, with a total cover typically close to 100%. Diagnostic of this association is a high relative cover of <i>Eleocharis palustris</i> and <i>Distichlis spicata</i>, usually with significant cover of <i>Juncus balticus, Glaux maritima</i>, and other species of <i>Eleocharis</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34030.CEGL001834
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.2.684755 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Common Spikerush - Saltgrass Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Eleocharis palustris - Distichlis spicata Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL001834