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Arctic Coastal Dune & Beach Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Arctic Coastal Dune & Beach Group Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This group is defined by grasslands developing on coastal beaches and dunes. <i>Leymus mollis</i> is the most constant and abundant species, with the salt-tolerant forbs <i>Honckenya peploides</i> and <i>Lathyrus japonicus var. maritimus</i> indicating the group. Bryophytes, lichens and woody species are generally absent. This group develops on coastal beaches above the elevation of maximum high tide as well as on dunes along mainland shores and barrier islands. Sites are not regularly inundated by tidal waters but are subject to salt spray and occasional inundation by storm surges. Soils are dry to mesic and typically sandy with small pebbles. Permafrost is present at depth along the Arctic Ocean coast but becomes discontinuous along the Bering Sea coast.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40421-{18DC1ABB-FD6C-4ED2-B2F6-52DC94966B25} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 19-Jan-2016 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Leymus mollis - Honckenya peploides - Lupinus nootkatensis Coastal Shore Macrogroup This Community's Level: Group This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Arctic Coastal Beach Alliance   Arctic Coastal Dune Alliance		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1041616 NatureServe Explorer   Code: G864   Scientific: Arctic Coastal Dune & Beach Group