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Spartina alterniflora Carolinian Zone Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Spartina alterniflora Carolinian Zone Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This vegetation includes various tidal marshes dominated by <i>Spartina alterniflora</i>, from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, south to the Atlantic Coast of the Florida peninsula. The hydrology is usually regularly tidally flooded. <i>Spartina alterniflora</i> is limited to the low marsh zone by moderate salinity; it can withstand longer submergence than other salt marsh grasses, but still requires periodic exposure of the substrate. It also requires moderately high levels of iron (7-15 ppm). This community is commonly known as "low salt marsh," occurring as a tall grassland strongly dominated by <i>Spartina alterniflora</i>. There is little variation in vascular plant species composition across the range. <i>Spartina alterniflora</i> occurs in nearly pure stands, occasionally with other low-statured species.  Accession Code: VB.CC.35031.CEGL004191 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:   Common: Southern Atlantic Coast Salt Marsh   Translated: Smooth Cordgrass Carolinian Zone Herbaceous Vegetation   Scientific: Spartina alterniflora Carolinian Zone Herbaceous Vegetation   Code: CEGL004191   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683265 NatureServe Explorer