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Schoenoplectus americanus - Spartina patens Salt Marsh | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Schoenoplectus americanus - Spartina patens Salt Marsh Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This brackish marsh occurs in wet depressions at the upper reaches of irregularly flooded tidal marshes of the mid-Atlantic Coast. It occurs at the ecotone between low and high salt marsh zones. It is irregularly flooded, occurring just above the zone of regular tidal flooding, but is more frequently flooded than <i>Spartina patens</i>-dominated high marsh. This community is dominated by colonies of <i>Schoenoplectus americanus</i>, which often accounts for 40-75% of the total vegetation cover or codominant with <i>Spartina patens</i> at some sites. Associated species can include <i>Pluchea odorata, Juncus roemerianus, Spartina alterniflora, Spartina cynosuroides, Distichlis spicata</i>, and <i>Limonium carolinianum</i> plus <i>Typha</i> spp. and <i>Phragmites australis</i>. This community often grades into <i>Spartina patens</i>- or <i>Juncus roemerianus</i>-dominated high marsh landward or <i>Spartina alterniflora</i>- or <i>Spartina cynosuroides</i>-dominated low marsh seaward. This association is best developed where the elevation gradient across the marsh is more gradual, allowing for greater diversity of physical conditions of duration and frequency of flooding.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35233-{1717AB4E-613D-4C91-89A2-047E3C8654B9} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 30
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 28-Jun-2018 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.2.689804 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL006612   Translated: Chairmaker's Bulrush - Saltmeadow Cordgrass Salt Marsh   Common: Transitional Tidal Marsh   Scientific: Schoenoplectus americanus - Spartina patens Salt Marsh (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL006612 (similar) Schoenoplectus americanus - Spartina patens Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Schoenoplectus americanus - Spartina patens Herbaceous Vegetation