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Spartina cynosuroides Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Spartina cynosuroides Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community includes narrow, almost pure stands of <i>Spartina cynosuroides</i> along tidal creeks and sloughs or on levees of oligohaline tidal marshes along the central Atlantic Coast. Some occurrences are nearly monospecific, while others have a diverse component of other graminoids and forbs. Where mixed, associated plants include <i>Schoenoplectus pungens (= Scirpus pungens), Schoenoplectus robustus (= Scirpus robustus), Schoenoplectus americanus (= Scirpus olneyi), Kosteletzkya virginica, Hibiscus moscheutos, Amaranthus cannabinus, Panicum virgatum</i><i>, Peltandra virginica</i>, and <i>Polygonum punctatum</i>. Where more saline, <i>Spartina alterniflora</i> and <i>Iva frutescens</i> can become more frequent. Where less saline, associates can include <i>Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (= Scirpus validus), Pontederia cordata, Peltandra virginica, Leersia oryzoides, Mikania scandens, Rumex verticillatus, Echinochloa walteri, Polygonum hydropiperoides</i>, and <i>Typha angustifolia</i> (or <i>Typha domingensis</i> in the south), among others. In more disturbed areas, this association can be displaced by <i>Phragmites australis</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35111.CEGL004195
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Atlantic Big Cordgrass Marsh
  Translated: Big Cordgrass Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Spartina cynosuroides Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004195
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689750 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo