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Panicum virgatum - Spartina patens - Carex silicea Salt Marsh | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Panicum virgatum - Spartina patens - Carex silicea Salt Marsh Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This brackish meadow of the Atlantic coast from New Hampshire to North Carolina occurs at the upland border of high salt marshes. It occurs on freely drained, shallow, sandy peat that is moist from upland seepage and brackish from irregular tidal flooding. Vegetation is dominated by <i>Panicum virgatum</i> and occasionally codominated by <i>Spartina patens</i>. Common associates can include <i>Schoenoplectus americanus, Solidago sempervirens, Teucrium canadense, Distichlis spicata, Carex silicea</i>, and <i>Juncus</i> spp. (<i>Juncus gerardii</i> in the north, <i>Juncus roemerianus</i> in the south). Additional species can include <i>Kosteletzkya virginica, Hibiscus moscheutos, Amaranthus cannabinus</i>, and <i>Typha</i> spp., especially in oligohaline situations. Shrubs may occur sporadically, especially <i>Baccharis halimifolia, Morella pensylvanica, Prunus maritima</i>, and <i>Iva frutescens</i>. Vegetation can be quite diverse and is a mixture of freshwater and brackish species. This association is best developed in salt marshes with a gradual elevation gradient that lends itself to vegetation zonation. The diagnostic species of this association is <i>Panicum virgatum</i> in brackish settings near upland-marsh borders.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34798-{E0B6D6A6-D4B6-42D8-848A-FD58517BEB60} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 25
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 05-Dec-2012 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.2.688411 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL006150   Translated: Switchgrass - Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Beach Sedge Salt Marsh   Common: Brackish Meadow   Scientific: Panicum virgatum - Spartina patens - Carex silicea Salt Marsh (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL006150 (similar) Panicum virgatum - Spartina patens Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Panicum virgatum - Spartina patens - Carex silicea Herbaceous Vegetation