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Salicornia rubra Wet Meadow Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Salicornia rubra Wet Meadow Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This alliance is found throughout the northern Great Plains and into the Great Basin. Total vegetation cover ranges from open to moderate. <i>Salicornia rubra</i> may make up to 100% of the vegetation cover within these areas. Other species which may be found associated with <i>Salicornia rubra</i> include <i>Chenopodium rubrum, Distichlis spicata, Hordeum jubatum, Puccinellia nuttalliana, Suaeda calceoliformis</i>, and <i>Triglochin maritima</i>. It occurs on highly alkaline wetlands or the margins of alkaline lakes. It often borders intermittent open water or is found on the exposed mud of alkali flats. Stands are found in shallow, broad depressions with poor drainage and high salt concentrations and on extensive mudflats of alkaline deltaic sediments. Most soils are clay to silty loam and may have salt encrustations on the surface after drying out in midsummer. The surface soil has an average salt concentration of 4.8%. Water often collects on the surface in the spring or after heavy rains, but by midsummer the soil can be dry to moist. Total vegetation cover is sparse to moderate with exposed soil. The harsh conditions provided by the saline soil, spring flooding, and summer drought limit the number of species capable of growing in this alliance. Stands that have more stable water tables can have moderate diversity.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39281-{47190448-54D6-404E-8669-81BED5E58C08} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 08-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Distichlis spicata - Hordeum jubatum - Pascopyrum smithii Great Plains Saline Wet Meadow & Marsh Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Northern Tallgrass Saline Mudflats Sparse Vegetation   Salicornia rubra Salt Flat		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.900121 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A4071   Translated: Red Swampfire Wet Meadow Alliance   Common: Great Plains Swampfire Saline Wet Meadow   Scientific: Salicornia rubra Wet Meadow Alliance