Name:
North American Pacific Coastal Salt Marsh Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This macrogroup consists of the intertidal salt marshes and brackish marshes found throughout the North American Pacific Coast. Vegetation ranges from very dense thickets to open and sparse. Dominant plant species include <i>Batis maritima, Carex lyngbyei, Carex ramenskii, Distichlis spicata, Eleocharis palustris, Glaux maritima, Hippuris tetraphylla, Honckenya peploides, Hordeum brachyantherum, Jaumea carnosa, Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis, Limonium californicum, Monanthochloe littoralis, Plantago macrocarpa, Puccinellia pumila, Salicornia depressa, Salicornia</i> spp., <i>Spergularia canadensis, Suaeda</i> spp., <i>Triglochin maritima</i>, and/or <i>Triglochin</i> spp. These marshes occur in bays, behind sand spits or other locations protected from wave action. In the Mediterranean region, the salt marshes are dominated by low shrubs, including <i>Salicornia depressa</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40493-{C21C2738-FA72-46D1-BF2F-096B1CB31E29}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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