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Ascophyllum nodosum - Ulva lactuca Intertidal Algal Flat Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Ascophyllum nodosum - Ulva lactuca Intertidal Algal Flat Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This group encompasses North American North Atlantic intertidal zones dominated by macroalgae. The substrate may be solid rock, mud, sand, and/or silt, with rock or coarse substrates generally marking the more exposed habitats that can experience extremes of exposure to winds, waves, currents, and ice-scour. Diagnostic species on rocky substrates include <i>Chondrus crispus, Fucus vesiculosus, Fucus evanescens, Fucus spiralis, Ascophyllum nodosum</i>, and <i>Laminaria</i> spp. Sandflats and mudflats are usually located in quiet pockets of bays and protected by headlands. Sand-sized particles are mixed with silt and clay. In the summer, <i>Enteromorpha intestinalis</i> can cover these mudflats. Other characteristic species include <i>Enteromorpha prolifera, Ulva lactuca, Rhizoclonium riparium, Ruppia maritima</i>, and <i>Zostera marina</i>. Mudflats and sandflats tend to be more sparsely vegetated than the rocky intertidal habitats. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40117-{3CFA0A8A-0A55-4EF1-A97A-D0E54B746AFC}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-May-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.857688 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G387
  Scientific: Ascophyllum nodosum - Ulva lactuca Intertidal Algal Flat Group