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Spartina patens - Schoenoplectus pungens Atlantic Overwash Dune Grassland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Spartina patens - Schoenoplectus pungens Atlantic Overwash Dune Grassland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance includes upland dune grassland formed by storm surges and overwash of dunes of the northern Atlantic coast. <i>Spartina patens</i> is usually dominant or characteristic, and <i>Schoenoplectus pungens</i> is often present and indicates the recent overwash of interdunal swales. Other components of this vegetation may include <i>Atriplex patula, Cenchrus tribuloides, Distichlis spicata, Elymus repens, Polygonum glaucum, Setaria parviflora, Solidago sempervirens, Spergularia salina</i>, or <i>Thinopyrum pycnanthum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38194-{C0911AC5-8D07-44D8-8AC2-89ECF9BB6586}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899101 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A1274
  Translated: Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Common Threesquare Atlantic Overwash Dune Grassland Alliance
  Common: Atlantic Overwash Dune Grassland
  Scientific: Spartina patens - Schoenoplectus pungens Atlantic Overwash Dune Grassland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) A.1274
(similar) Spartina patens - (Schoenoplectus pungens) Herbaceous Alliance