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Muhlenbergia filipes - Spartina patens - Rhynchospora colorata Marsh | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Muhlenbergia filipes - Spartina patens - Rhynchospora colorata Marsh Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association represents moist interdune flats codominated by some combination of <i>Muhlenbergia filipes, Spartina patens, Rhynchospora colorata</i>, and <i>Eustachys petraea</i>. Additional graminoids may include lesser amounts of <i>Andropogon glomeratus, Eragrostis spectabilis, Juncus megacephalus, Juncus scirpoides, Panicum virgatum</i>, and the exotic <i>Eremochloa ophiuroides</i>. Forbs may include <i>Centella erecta, Gaillardia pulchella, Heterotheca subaxillaris, Phyla nodiflora, Sisyrinchium atlanticum</i>, and <i>Solidago sempervirens</i>. A sparse (0-10%) layer of emergent shrubs, including <i>Baccharis halimifolia, Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola, Morella cerifera, Sideroxylon tenax, Smilax auriculata</i>, and <i>Smilax bona-nox</i>, may also be present. In Florida this community occurs in narrow bands or swales alternating with higher ridges. These often fill with standing water after rains. In North Carolina and Georgia, it may occupy broader grassy flats between the outer dunes and the salt marsh on the inland side of barrier islands, as well as narrow dune swales. Succession to woody vegetation is indicated by increasing cover of <i>Morella cerifera</i> or <i>Salix caroliniana</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32897-{D758897C-0BC7-48D1-8BC9-657ED1C46ACA} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 51
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 15-Oct-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Spartina patens - Schoenoplectus pungens Coastal Marsh Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685395 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004051   Translated: Gulf Hairawn Muhly - Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Star-rush Whitetop Marsh   Common: Southern Atlantic Interdune Swale   Scientific: Muhlenbergia filipes - Spartina patens - Rhynchospora colorata Marsh (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Muhlenbergia filipes - Spartina patens - Eustachys petraea Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) CEGL004051 (similar) Muhlenbergia filipes - Spartina patens - Rhynchospora colorata Herbaceous Vegetation