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Ruppia maritima - Zannichellia palustris Seagrass Bed Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Ruppia maritima - Zannichellia palustris Seagrass Bed Group Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This group occurs in tropical and temperate brackish estuarine waters. In the western Atlantic Ocean, this widely distributed group includes estuarine and marine beds of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, from New England to Texas and Florida. <i>Ruppia maritima</i> is the only seagrass capable of growing in freshwater and is therefore often found in the oligohaline to mesohaline (i.e., brackish) upper reaches of estuaries and lower reaches of tidal creeks, bayous and rivers. Because it often behaves as an annual, the distribution and abundance of <i>Ruppia maritima</i> is often shifting both spatially and temporally. Other species characteristic of the brackish to fresh estuarine waters include <i>Zannichellia palustris</i> and <i>Stuckenia pectinata</i>. Rarely, some salt-tolerant species of otherwise freshwater genera may occur.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40114-{AE4EB159-881D-4DA7-BA00-18A6FBA18934} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 08-May-2015 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Ruppia maritima - Zannichellia palustris Saline Aquatic Vegetation Macrogroup This Community's Level: Group This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Ruppia maritima Western Atlantic Seagrass Alliance		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.837433 NatureServe Explorer   Code: G383   Scientific: Ruppia maritima - Zannichellia palustris Seagrass Bed Group