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Spartina alterniflora - Distichlis spicata - Spartina patens Mesohaline Tidal Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Spartina alterniflora - Distichlis spicata - Spartina patens Mesohaline Tidal Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community is a common marsh type of coastal Louisiana and Texas, occurring just inland of salt marsh. It appears to be a transitional type between salt marsh and brackish marsh or high salt marsh. It is found in both the Deltaic and Chenier plains in Louisiana and along the central and upper coast of Texas. Species richness is characteristically quite low. This marsh is characterized by a more-or-less equal codominance of <i>Spartina alterniflora, Distichlis spicata</i> and <i>Spartina patens</i>. <i>Distichlis spicata</i> often forms pure stands. <i>Juncus roemerianus</i> is often quite abundant as well. Other common species include <i>Schoenoplectus robustus (= Scirpus robustus), Schoenoplectus americanus (= Scirpus americanus), Suaeda linearis, Batis maritima, Baccharis halimifolia, Borrichia frutescens, Iva frutescens, Spartina cynosuroides</i> (within its range), <i>Spartina spartinae, Paspalum</i> spp., <i>Eragrostis</i> spp., and others. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35233.CEGL002230
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: Saltgrass - Cordgrass Tidal Marsh
  Translated: Smooth Cordgrass - Saltgrass - Saltmeadow Cordgrass Mesohaline Tidal Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Spartina alterniflora - Distichlis spicata - Spartina patens Mesohaline Tidal Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL002230
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688802 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo