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Spartina gracilis Wet Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Spartina gracilis Wet Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association has only been described from plots in northern Colorado, Utah and Oregon, but it is likely to occur throughout the western U.S. In Colorado, these wetland meadows occur in small patches in swales and on banks, terraces and overflow channels of gentle-gradient streams and rivers at low to middle elevations. Soils are alkaline, fine-textured silt loams and clay loams. The vegetation is a sparse to thick herbaceous layer of grasses and grasslike plants that is dominated by <i>Spartina gracilis</i>. Other herbaceous species that are known to occur include <i>Equisetum hyemale, Distichlis spicata, Triglochin maritima</i>, and <i>Asclepias speciosa</i>. Deciduous trees and shrubs occur with minimal cover and are usually restricted to the margins of stands. This association requires a seasonally high water table and alkaline soils in order to persist. Information on stands that occur outside Colorado will be added later as it becomes available. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30497-{E5596602-8F3F-401A-AFCD-B5ED5C66AA4E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 07-Feb-2007 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685270 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001588
  Translated: Alkali Cordgrass Wet Meadow
  Scientific: Spartina gracilis Wet Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001588
(similar) Spartina gracilis Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Spartina gracilis Herbaceous Vegetation