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Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus gerardii) Salt Marsh | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus gerardii) Salt Marsh Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This high salt marsh vegetation dominated by <i>Spartina patens</i> or codominated by <i>Distichlis spicata</i> forms distinct "cowlicked" meadows above low salt marsh communities. This high marsh association generally occurs behind barrier beaches along the north Atlantic coast from the Canadian maritime provinces south to New Jersey. It occupies the irregularly flooded zone extending from mean high tide landward to the limit of spring tides. The substrate is peat overlying sand, silt, or bedrock. Vegetation of this marsh community occurs in mosaics of patches generally dominated by a single graminoid species, <i>Spartina patens, Distichlis spicata</i>, or <i>Juncus gerardii</i>. Other characteristic associates that occur in low abundance include <i>Symphyotrichum tenuifolium, Limonium carolinianum, Solidago sempervirens, Symphyotrichum subulatum, Polygonum ramosissimum, Argentina anserina, Atriplex patula, Lythrum lineare</i>, and <i>Panicum virgatum</i>. Salt pannes are often a prominent feature within this association.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34657-{30D5BCFA-9444-4A24-BF81-7500FCC26E1B} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 16
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 13-May-2002 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.2.689496 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL006006   Translated: Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Saltgrass - (Saltmeadow Rush) Salt Marsh   Common: North Atlantic High Salt Marsh   Scientific: Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus gerardii) Salt Marsh (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL006006 (similar) Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus gerardii) Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Spartina patens - Distichlis spicata - (Juncus gerardii) Herbaceous Vegetation