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Frankenia salina Salt Marsh & Playa Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Frankenia salina Salt Marsh & Playa Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance is found in coastal salt to brackish marshes, alkaline meadows and playas of central and southern California. It is dominated by <i>Frankenia salina</i>, a short (&lt;60 cm) subshrub, often codominant with <i>Distichlis spicata</i> or other salt-tolerant herbs and subshrubs. Other species present include <i>Arthrocnemum subterminale, Atriplex</i> spp., <i>Agrostis avenacea, Batis maritima, Cressa truxillensis, Atriplex californica, Hordeum murinum, Lasthenia</i> spp., <i>Lepidium</i> spp., <i>Limonium californicum, Monanthochloe littoralis, Sarcocornia pacifica</i>, and <i>Suaeda taxifolia</i>. There is a sparse to dense herbaceous layer and a true shrub layer can be sparse to open, for example <i>Isocoma menziesii</i> is sometimes an emergent in the shrub layer with sparse to open cover. A tree layer is typically absent. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39426-{2677F3B9-087F-49F7-9B8A-549989FE6536}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 11-Aug-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.964097
  Code: A4241
  Translated: Alkali Sea-heath Salt Marsh & Playa Alliance
  Common: Alkali Sea-heath Salt Marsh & Playa
  Scientific: Frankenia salina Salt Marsh & Playa Alliance