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Spartina alterniflora Low Salt Marsh Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Spartina alterniflora Low Salt Marsh Group Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This group encompasses salt marsh vegetation that is flooded twice daily by polyhaline waters and dominated by <i>Spartina alterniflora</i>. <i>Spartina alterniflora</i> is constant, dominant, and sometimes monospecific. Halophytic forbs (or forblike woody plants in the case of <i>Sarcocornia</i>) such as <i>Sarcocornia perennis</i> may be present though not abundant, and individuals of species more common in the high marsh, such as <i>Limonium carolinianum, Juncus roemerianus</i>, and <i>Distichlis spicata</i>, may also occur. Other species include <i>Limonium carolinianum, Plantago maritima, Salicornia</i> spp., <i>Spartina patens</i>, and <i>Spergularia canadensis</i>. Macroalgae such as <i>Ascophyllum nodosum</i> may be present (though sparse) particularly in the northern part of the group's range. It is often found fringing tidal creeks, and in places forms extensive flats of low marsh vegetation.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39956-{C4F8A13A-E0E0-46BB-BE33-02BE0890C077} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 05-Jun-2015 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: North American Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Salt Marsh Macrogroup This Community's Level: Group This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Spartina alterniflora Low Salt Marsh Alliance		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.837368 NatureServe Explorer   Code: G122   Scientific: Spartina alterniflora Low Salt Marsh Group