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Zizania aquatica Tidal Marsh | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Zizania aquatica Tidal Marsh
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This is a freshwater tidal marsh characterized by <i>Zizania aquatica</i> that occurs in oligohaline zones of tidal rivers along the north and mid-Atlantic coast of North America. These marshes occur in the lower reaches of freshwater tidal systems, in fresh to slightly brackish areas along flats that are infrequently exposed at very low tides. Soils are highly variable and are composed of varying amounts of silts, silty mucks, fine peat, to very coarse sands. <i>Zizania aquatica</i> is dominant, although only conspicuously so in mid to late summer, when it overtops early season vegetation. This community can be codominated by species such as <i>Pontederia cordata, Peltandra virginica, Polygonum arifolium, Polygonum punctatum</i>, and/or <i>Bidens</i> spp. Common associates are generally a mixture of freshwater and brackish species and can include <i>Sagittaria latifolia, Ludwigia palustris, Impatiens capensis, Leersia oryzoides, Amaranthus cannabinus, Hibiscus moscheutos, Sium suave, Acorus americanus</i>, and <i>Bolboschoenus fluviatilis</i>. This vegetation provides an important food source for migratory birds. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33044-{6881C2C9-A592-49D4-9FFF-0DB21E088D41}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 93
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 09-May-2007 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689364 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004202
  Translated: Annual Wild Rice Tidal Marsh
  Common: Atlantic Coast Wild Rice Tidal Marsh
  Scientific: Zizania aquatica Tidal Marsh
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004202
(similar) Zizania aquatica Tidal Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Zizania aquatica Tidal Herbaceous Vegetation