Name:
Pacific Coastal Beach & Dune Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This macrogroup consists of herbaceous and shrubby vegetation on temperate coastal sandy and cobble-on-sand beaches, beach dunes, and sand spits. Wetland dune swales are excluded. Herbaceous communities include salt-tolerant forb-dominated types with <i>Abronia latifolia, Achillea millefolium var. borealis, Cochlearia groenlandica, Equisetum variegatum, Honckenya peploides, Lathyrus japonicus var. maritimus, Mertensia maritima</i>, and grasslands dominated by <i>Leymus mollis, Leymus arenarius</i>, and/or <i>Festuca rubra</i>. Dwarf-shrub are dominated by <i>Empetrum nigrum, Ericameria ericoides, Lupinus chamissonis, Lupinus arboreus, Gaultheria shallon, Vaccinium ovatum, Myrica gale</i>, or <i>Salix</i> spp. Herbaceous species intermixed with dwarf-shrubs include <i>Lathyrus japonicus var. maritimus, Conioselinum chinense, Cornus suecica</i>, and <i>Cnidium cnidiifolium</i>. This macrogroup occurs along the Pacific coast from Mexico to Alaska, including the Aleutian Islands.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40478-{DFE5ED1B-529D-4CEB-91AC-7E5113A05FAA}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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