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(Iva imbricata) / Sporobolus virginicus - Spartina patens - (Paspalum distichum, Sesuvium portulacastrum) Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: (Iva imbricata) / Sporobolus virginicus - Spartina patens - (Paspalum distichum, Sesuvium portulacastrum) Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community is a low dune community, known from the western peninsular and panhandle coasts of Florida. It occupies low, newly colonized beaches with low dunes, along the outer shore side of barrier islands and also occurs as a narrow ridge along inner bayshores with little wave action. <i>Sporobolus virginicus</i> is usually the most common species, with patches of <i>Spartina patens, Iva imbricata, Sesuvium portulacastrum</i>, and <i>Paspalum distichum</i>. It occurs along the western coast of Florida from at least Sarasota County north to Bay County. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36376.CEGL007839
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: Florida Low Dune Grassland
  Translated: (Seacoast Marsh-elder) - Seashore Dropseed - Saltmeadow Cordgrass - (Knotgrass, Shoreline Sea-purslane) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: (Iva imbricata) / Sporobolus virginicus - Spartina patens - (Paspalum distichum, Sesuvium portulacastrum) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL007839
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688732 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo