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Spartina pectinata Western Kentucky Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Spartina pectinata Western Kentucky Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This wet prairie is known from the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain of Kentucky, possibly extending a short distance into adjacent Tennessee. At present the community is probably seasonally saturated, but it was presumably seasonally flooded in the past. The vegetation is dominated by <i>Spartina pectinata</i>, but <i>Helianthus angustifolius</i> and <i>Viola sagittata</i> are also abundant. Also present are <i>Cephalanthus occidentalis, Andropogon gerardii, Dichanthelium scoparium, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum nutans, Tripsacum dactyloides, Asclepias tuberosa, Baptisia alba var. macrophylla, Crotalaria sagittalis, Dichanthelium clandestinum, Agalinis fasciculata, Helianthus grosseserratus, Helianthus mollis, Heterotheca villosa, Spiranthes cernua, Rhexia mariana, Rudbeckia hirta</i>, and <i>Rudbeckia subtomentosa</i>. The distinctiveness of this community from other associations in the alliance is unknown and will be difficult to determine since no unaltered examples remain. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32963-{BD865143-7AA8-4631-9B7E-773A08A34C5E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Apr-1996 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687139 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004118
  Translated: Prairie Cordgrass Western Kentucky Grassland
  Common: Western Kentucky Prairie Cordgrass Grassland
  Scientific: Spartina pectinata Western Kentucky Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004118
(similar) Spartina pectinata Western Kentucky Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Spartina pectinata Western Kentucky Herbaceous Vegetation