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Schoenoplectus americanus Marsh Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Schoenoplectus americanus Marsh Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance, found in the southern Great Plains and west into the southern Rocky Mountains, is composed of wetlands dominated by <i>Schoenoplectus americanus</i>. This alliance is not well understood across its range. In cienegas in Trans-Pecos Texas (and possibly also in southern New Mexico), <i>Schoenoplectus americanus</i> typically dominates the stands, though <i>Flaveria chlorifolia</i> or <i>Helianthus paradoxus</i> may be locally dominant. Other species include <i>Samolus ebracteatus ssp. cuneatus, Limonium limbatum</i>, and <i>Distichlis spicata</i>. Elsewhere in Texas it occurs in permanent springs where species may include <i>Eleocharis macrostachya, Fuirena simplex, Paspalum distichum, Potamogeton illinoensis, Schoenoplectus americanus</i>, and, in outer zones, <i>Andropogon gerardii</i>. <i>Schoenoplectus americanus</i>-dominated marshes occur throughout Oklahoma, but are most common in the central and western portions of the state and in the panhandle. Further study is needed to characterize this alliance. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38770-{B27FEAEF-BBC9-4601-B42B-D21B49BACCA5}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899608 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3485
  Translated: Chairmaker's Bulrush Marsh Alliance
  Common: Great Plains Chairmaker's Bulrush Marsh
  Scientific: Schoenoplectus americanus Marsh Alliance