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Warm & Cool Desert Alkali-Saline Marsh, Playa & Shrubland Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Warm & Cool Desert Alkali-Saline Marsh, Playa & Shrubland Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This macrogroup consists of alkaline and saline wetlands dominated by salt-tolerant shrubs or herbs (or both) such as <i>Allenrolfea occidentalis, Artemisia tridentata, Atriplex</i> spp., <i>Distichlis spicata, Eleocharis</i> spp., <i>Juncus</i> spp., <i>Isocoma acradenia, Grayia spinosa, Krascheninnikovia lanata, Leymus cinereus, Leymus triticoides, Salicornia</i> spp., <i>Sarcobatus vermiculatus, Sesuvium verrucosum, Sporobolus airoides, Suaeda moquinii</i>, and/or <i>Triglochin maritima</i>. These wetlands occur near drainages, on stream terraces or flats and may form rings around drying ponds or playas. Soils are alkaline to saline that varies greatly with soil moisture and greatly affects species composition. Sites also experience intermittent, seasonal or semipermanent flooding and/or raised water tables. Sites may retain water into the growing season and dry completely only in drought years, while others dry out for the growing season. Some sites have seasonal drying that exposes mudflats which are colonized by annual wetland vegetation. Sites are found throughout the western U.S. and southwestern Canada. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40494-{5C8634D6-9713-43E2-8235-0A27F2904236}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 15-Oct-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.860710 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M082
  Scientific: Warm & Cool Desert Alkali-Saline Marsh, Playa & Shrubland Macrogroup