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Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus roemerianus) Salt Marsh | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus roemerianus) Salt Marsh Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association is an irregularly tidally flooded high salt marsh of the mid- and southern Atlantic coast from Delaware south to Florida. It is dominated by <i>Spartina patens</i>, which forms meadows with a distinct "cowlicked" appearance. These meadows occur at slightly higher elevations than adjacent, regularly flooded low salt marsh occupying the zone extending from mean high tide landward approximately to the limit of high spring tides. The substrate is peat of variable depths overlying sand. <i>Distichlis spicata</i> can be codominant. Additional associated species that generally occur in low abundance and sporadically among examples can include <i>Limonium carolinianum, Schoenoplectus americanus, Agalinis maritima, Salicornia depressa, Juncus roemerianus, Sabatia stellaris, Borrichia frutescens, Lythrum lineare, Solidago sempervirens, Pluchea odorata, Hibiscus moscheutos</i>, or <i>Atriplex prostrata</i>. Shrub seedlings of <i>Baccharis halimifolia, Iva frutescens</i>, and/or <i>Morella cerifera</i> may occur sporadically. Diagnostic species are <i>Spartina patens, Distichlis spicata, Borrichia frutescens, Kosteletzkya virginica</i>, and <i>Pluchea odorata</i>. One unusual Virginia occurrence is dominated by <i>Plantago maritima var. juncoides</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33039-{62AC3A4F-3476-4955-902B-D0D522F46C6C} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 93
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 06-Sep-2013 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.2.684204 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004197   Translated: Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Saltgrass - (Black Needlerush) Salt Marsh   Common: Mid- & Southern Atlantic High Salt Marsh   Scientific: Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus roemerianus) Salt Marsh (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL004197 (similar) Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus roemerianus) Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - Juncus roemerianus Herbaceous Vegetation