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Spartina alterniflora - Distichlis spicata - Spartina patens Mesohaline Salt Marsh | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Spartina alterniflora - Distichlis spicata - Spartina patens Mesohaline Salt Marsh Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This community is a common marsh type of coastal Louisiana and Texas, occurring just inland of salt marsh. It appears to be a transitional type between salt marsh and brackish marsh or high salt marsh. It is found in both the Deltaic and Chenier plains in Louisiana and along the central and upper coast of Texas. Species richness is characteristically quite low. This marsh is characterized by a more-or-less equal codominance of <i>Spartina alterniflora, Distichlis spicata</i> and <i>Spartina patens</i>. <i>Distichlis spicata</i> often forms pure stands. <i>Juncus roemerianus</i> is often quite abundant as well. Other common species include <i>Bolboschoenus robustus, Schoenoplectus americanus, Suaeda linearis, Batis maritima, Baccharis halimifolia, Borrichia frutescens, Iva frutescens, Spartina cynosuroides</i> (within its range), <i>Spartina spartinae, Paspalum</i> spp., <i>Eragrostis</i> spp., and others.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31139-{7402D472-9E8D-4679-B7F5-12B110CFFFC6} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Jan-1995 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Spartina patens High Salt Marsh Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688802 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002230   Translated: Smooth Cordgrass - Saltgrass - Saltmeadow Cordgrass Mesohaline Salt Marsh   Common: Cordgrass - Saltgrass Mesohaline Salt Marsh   Scientific: Spartina alterniflora - Distichlis spicata - Spartina patens Mesohaline Salt Marsh (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL002230 (similar) Spartina alterniflora - Distichlis spicata - Spartina patens Mesohaline Tidal Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Spartina alterniflora - Distichlis spicata - Spartina patens Mesohaline Tidal Herbaceous Vegetation