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Juncus roemerianus Salt Marsh Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Juncus roemerianus Salt Marsh Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance is made up of <i>Juncus roemerianus</i>-dominated marshes with tidal hydrology. This widely distributed salt marsh alliance occurs in association with low salt marshes and is characterized by discrete, dense patches of vegetation usually strongly dominated by <i>Juncus roemerianus</i> with few other associates. Associates which occur at low cover may include <i>Baccharis halimifolia, Borrichia frutescens, Distichlis spicata, Bolboschoenus robustus, Spartina alterniflora, Symphyotrichum subulatum</i>, and <i>Symphyotrichum tenuifolium</i>. Its hydrology is generally irregularly tidally flooded. Soils are generally poorly to very poorly drained, often with standing water atop peat accumulations (averaging 15 cm in depth) which in turn overlie gleyed sands. Degree of tidal inundation and relative elevation control the distribution of salt marsh vegetation in general; <i>Juncus roemerianus</i> is typically found at lower elevation than the associated <i>Spartina patens</i> marshes or mixed marshes. This alliance occurs in the Southeastern Coastal Plain from Maryland south to Florida and west to Louisiana and Texas. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39230-{6E7B90CE-31EA-4BB3-BF1E-5EB85B3D7C54}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.900071 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A4020
  Translated: Black Needlerush Salt Marsh Alliance
  Common: Black Needlerush Salt Marsh
  Scientific: Juncus roemerianus Salt Marsh Alliance