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Muhlenbergia filipes - Spartina patens - Rhynchospora colorata Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Muhlenbergia filipes - Spartina patens - Rhynchospora colorata Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association represents moist interdune flats codominated by some combination of <i>Muhlenbergia filipes (= Muhlenbergia sericea), Spartina patens, Rhynchospora colorata (= Dichromena colorata)</i>, and <i>Eustachys petraea</i>. Additional graminoids may include lesser amounts of <i>Andropogon glomeratus, Eragrostis spectabilis, Juncus megacephalus, Juncus scirpoides, Panicum virgatum</i>, and the exotic <i>Eremochloa ophiuroides</i>. Forbs may include <i>Centella erecta, Gaillardia pulchella, Heterotheca subaxillaris, Phyla nodiflora, Sisyrinchium atlanticum</i>, and <i>Solidago sempervirens</i>. A sparse (0-10%) layer of emergent shrubs, including <i>Baccharis halimifolia, Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola (= Juniperus silicicola), Morella cerifera, Sideroxylon tenax, Smilax auriculata</i>, and <i>Smilax bona-nox</i>, may also be present. In Florida this community occurs in narrow bands or swales alternating with higher ridges. These often fill with standing water after rains. In North Carolina and Georgia, it may occupy broader grassy flats between the outer dunes and the salt marsh on the inland side of barrier islands, as well as narrow dune swales. Succession to woody vegetation is indicated by increasing cover of <i>Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera)</i> or <i>Salix caroliniana</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35896.CEGL004051
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 Interdune Swale
  Translated: Gulf Hairawn Muhly - Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Star-rush Whitetop Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Muhlenbergia filipes - Spartina patens - Rhynchospora colorata Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004051
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685395 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo