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Frankenia salina - Distichlis spicata Coastal Alkaline Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Frankenia salina - Distichlis spicata Coastal Alkaline Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This coastal grassland has an open to continuous layer of <i>Frankenia salina</i> and <i>Distichlis spicata</i>, with an overall herbaceous cover that ranges from 10 to 70%. <i>Frankenia salina</i> is codominant with <i>Distichlis spicata</i> at greater than 30% relative cover. Other herbaceous and subshrub species present may include native species such as <i>Ambrosia chamissonis, Atriplex californica</i>, and <i>Sarcocornia pacifica</i>. Non- native species are often present and include <i>Hordeum murinum, Malephora crocea, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum, Sonchus asper</i>, and <i>Sonchus oleraceus</i>. The shrub <i>Isocoma menziesii</i> can be present with very sparse cover. This association has been documented within the San Francisco Baylands and on the Channel Islands and is likely elsewhere on the California mainland. It is often found at sea level to 60 m in elevation at the bottom and middle of the slopes with northwest aspects or on flats adjacent to the beach or coastal bluffs, where it receives salt spray. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:37386-{9F7B8347-554C-4013-9547-6B0D5DDCFA19}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 16-Aug-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.964251
  Code: CEPP005680
  Translated: Alkali Sea-heath - Saltgrass Coastal Alkaline Grassland
  Scientific: Frankenia salina - Distichlis spicata Coastal Alkaline Grassland