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Juncus cooperi Alkaline Wet Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Juncus cooperi Alkaline Wet Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This marsh and playa association is found in the Colorado Desert, Mojave Desert and southeastern Great Basin in southern California and southern Nevada and is characterized by an intermittent to continuous herbaceous layer (50-86% cover) dominated or codominated by <i>Juncus cooperi</i>. Commonly associated herbs include <i>Distichlis spicata</i> and <i>Typha</i> spp. Other herbs sometimes present include <i>Anemopsis californica, Helianthus annuus, Heliotropium curassavicum, Iva acerosa, Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis, Juncus mexicanus, Nicolletia occidentalis, Phragmites australis</i>, and <i>Schoenoplectus americanus</i>. Occasional shrubs may be present (&lt;2% cover), including <i>Atriplex hymenelytra, Isocoma acradenia, Pluchea sericea, Suaeda moquinii</i>, and sometimes introduced exotics of Tamarix sp. . Stands occur at low-elevation spring-fed marshes in low-lying valleys and playa edges. Elevation ranges from approximately -75 to 950 m. Sites are flat to gently sloping and intermittently saturated with a shallow water table. Soils are often silty clays that are poorly drained, intermittently saturated and alkaline or saline and derived from alluvium, including from sandstone and felsic volcanic rock. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:37479-{23C621C3-CE8D-43CA-B716-8650F573EF00}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Jul-2018 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.972069
  Code: CEPP006712
  Translated: Cooper's Rush Alkaline Wet Meadow
  Scientific: Juncus cooperi Alkaline Wet Meadow