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Vaucheria longicaulis - Enteromorpha spp. North American Intertidal Algal Flat Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Vaucheria longicaulis - Enteromorpha spp. North American Intertidal Algal Flat Group Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This group consists of algal communities on coastal flats found along the north Pacific Coast from Kodiak Island and Cook Inlet, Alaska, south to central California. Tidal flats form a narrow band along oceanic inlets and are more extensive at the mouths of larger rivers. Algae are the dominant vegetation on mud or gravel flats where little vascular vegetation is present due to the daily (in some cases twice daily) tidal flooding of salt or brackish water. Characteristic species include <i>Vaucheria longicaulis</i> and <i>Enteromorpha</i> spp. Vascular species are sparse, if present, and may include salt-tolerant species such as <i>Eleocharis palustris, Salicornia</i> spp., <i>Plantago maritima, Glaux maritima</i>, and other plants common to lower salt marshes; cover is less than 10%. The dominant processes are tectonic uplift or subsidence, isostatic rebound, and sediment deposition.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40116-{0262506A-B862-43D0-AB6C-3DC888E4BBB4} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 23-Nov-2015 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Temperate Pacific Seaweed Intertidal Vegetation Macrogroup This Community's Level: Group This Community's Children: Show/Hide   North American Pacific Mixed Algal Flat Alliance		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.849080 NatureServe Explorer   Code: G385   Scientific: Vaucheria longicaulis - Enteromorpha spp. North American Intertidal Algal Flat Group