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Schizachyrium maritimum - (Heterotheca subaxillaris) Herbaceous Vegetation | Johnson, A. F., and J. W. Muller...
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Name: Schizachyrium maritimum - (Heterotheca subaxillaris) Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Johnson, A. F., and J. W. Muller...
Description: This dune ridge or coastal grassland community occurs in the northern Gulf of Mexico including the Panhandle of Florida and adjacent southern Alabama. Examples are dominated by <i>Schizachyrium maritimum</i>. Stands dominated by either <i>Uniola paniculata</i> or <i>Panicum amarum var. amarulum (= Panicum amarulum)</i> in the region are classified as ~<i>Uniola paniculata - Panicum amarum var. amarulum - Iva imbricata</i> Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004041)$$. There is some variation in the expression of this association from west to east as indicated by the occurrence of a number of taxa with restricted distributions in the region. Other characteristic species include <i>Croton punctatus</i> and <i>Oenothera humifusa</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36454.CEGL004057
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: Gulf of Mexico Dune Grassland
  Translated: Gulf Bluestem - (Camphorweed) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004057
  Scientific: Schizachyrium maritimum - (Heterotheca subaxillaris) Herbaceous Vegetation
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