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Name: Spartina pectinata Western Kentucky Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This wet prairie is known from the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain of Kentucky, possibly extending a short distance into adjacent Tennessee. At present the community is probably seasonally saturated, but it was presumably seasonally flooded in the past. The vegetation is dominated by <i>Spartina pectinata</i>, but <i>Helianthus angustifolius</i> and <i>Viola sagittata</i> are also abundant. Also present are <i>Cephalanthus occidentalis, Andropogon gerardii, Dichanthelium scoparium, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum nutans, Tripsacum dactyloides, Asclepias tuberosa, Baptisia alba var. macrophylla (= Baptisia leucantha), Crotalaria sagittalis, Dichanthelium clandestinum, Agalinis fasciculata, Helianthus grosseserratus, Helianthus mollis, Heterotheca villosa (= Chrysopsis villosa), Spiranthes cernua, Rhexia mariana, Rudbeckia hirta</i>, and <i>Rudbeckia subtomentosa</i>. The distinctiveness of this community from other associations in the alliance is unknown and will be difficult to determine since no unaltered examples remain. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35238.CEGL004118
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
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Names:   Common: Kentucky Prairie Cordgrass Marsh
  Translated: Prairie Cordgrass Western Kentucky Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Spartina pectinata Western Kentucky Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004118
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687139 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo