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Distichlis spicata - Bolboschoenus maritimus - Salicornia rubra Wet Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Distichlis spicata - Bolboschoenus maritimus - Salicornia rubra Wet Meadow Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This community is found in the southeastern Great Plains of the United States, in basins or floodplains. It is dependent on periodic influx of saline water to maintain the characteristic soil and water chemistry. The soils of this community are deep and poorly drained and the parent material is alluvium or loess. This community is flooded or saturated for most of the year. It may dry out in late summer and fall. Herbaceous plants dominate, and trees and other woody plants are almost completely absent. The dominant species are <i>Distichlis spicata, Salicornia rubra</i>, and <i>Bolboschoenus maritimus</i>. <i>Symphyotrichum subulatum, Hordeum jubatum, Iva annua, Sporobolus texanus</i>, and <i>Suaeda calceoliformis</i> are all common. Few individuals in this community exceed 1 m and most are less than 0.5 m. There can be unvegetated ground, especially in the wettest and most saline parts of this community. <i>Ruppia maritima</i> and <i>Stuckenia pectinata</i> may persist in pools in the wettest areas. The vegetation is more dense with few stretches of bare ground on the drier and less saline parts.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30952-{8FB8BBE9-F687-4462-8949-B53B9897656D} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 03-Mar-1994 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Distichlis spicata - Hordeum jubatum Wet Meadow Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686366 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002043   Translated: Saltgrass - Cosmopolitan Bulrush - Red Swampfire Wet Meadow   Common: Eastern Great Plains Saline Lake Wet Meadow   Scientific: Distichlis spicata - Bolboschoenus maritimus - Salicornia rubra Wet Meadow (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Distichlis spicata - Schoenoplectus maritimus - Salicornia rubra Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) CEGL002043 (similar) Distichlis spicata - Schoenoplectus maritimus - Salicornia rubra Herbaceous Vegetation