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Batis maritima - Sarcocornia spp. - Salicornia spp. Intertidal Salt Flat Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Batis maritima - Sarcocornia spp. - Salicornia spp. Intertidal Salt Flat Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: Examples of this alliance are dominated by halophytic herbs, including <i>Distichlis spicata, Salicornia bigelovii, Salicornia depressa, Sarcocornia perennis, Sesuvium verrucosum, Suaeda linearis</i>, and stunted <i>Spartina alterniflora</i>, as well as by <i>Batis maritima</i> in the southern portion of the range. Other species can include <i>Borrichia frutescens, Blutaparon vermiculare, Limonium carolinianum, Lycium carolinianum, Monanthochloe littoralis, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Spartina spartinae, Sporobolus virginicus</i>, and <i>Suaeda linearis</i>. Its habitat is small to large tidally flooded hypersaline flats, very shallow depressions, or tidal flats. This alliance is especially well-developed in salt panne situations, where tidal saltwater evaporates, augmenting salinity. This wide-ranging alliance is found along the Atlantic Coast of the United States from Maine to Florida and along the Gulf Coast to Texas and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Its considerable variation across this wide range is accommodated in the associations. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39165-{4C27D7FE-6F99-4332-B527-C164445F4561}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.900006 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3955
  Translated: Turtleweed - Swampfire species - Saltwort species Intertidal Salt Flat Alliance
  Common: Atlantic Coast Intertidal Salt Flat & Panne
  Scientific: Batis maritima - Sarcocornia spp. - Salicornia spp. Intertidal Salt Flat Alliance