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Spartina alterniflora - Spartina cynosuroides Brackish Tidal Marsh Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Spartina alterniflora - Spartina cynosuroides Brackish Tidal Marsh Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance comprises brackish tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains characterized by <i>Spartina alterniflora</i> and/or <i>Spartina cynosuroides</i>, with associates including <i>Typha angustifolia</i> and <i>Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense</i>, generally occurring on tidal rivers as opposed to regularly flooded salt marshes forming behind barrier beaches. In addition to the nominals, additional halophytic species such as <i>Spartina patens, Juncus roemerianus</i>, and <i>Iva frutescens</i> indicate brackish (mesohaline) conditions. Additional associates also may include a large number of species occurring in freshwater or oligohaline marshes. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39223-{48A5DF47-36CC-400C-A9A9-2A5105F82BDE}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.900064 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A4013
  Translated: Smooth Cordgrass - Big Cordgrass Brackish Tidal Marsh Alliance
  Common: Cordgrass Brackish Tidal Marsh
  Scientific: Spartina alterniflora - Spartina cynosuroides Brackish Tidal Marsh Alliance