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Spartina alterniflora - Batis maritima - Sesuvium portulacastrum Salt Marsh Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Spartina alterniflora - Batis maritima - Sesuvium portulacastrum Salt Marsh Macrogroup Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This macrogroup comprises all regularly and irregularly flooded tidal marshes of the tropical western Atlantic and Caribbean coasts, ranging from polyhaline (salt) marshes to mesohaline (brackish) marshes, often associated with mangroves. The macrogroup also includes communities found in semipermanently flooded coastal ponds or lagoons, or tidally flooded salt flats, as well as sand and mudflats behind barrier beaches. The vegetation is dominated or characterized by an abundance of halophytic species, including grasses, sedges, low shrubs or succulents. Dominant graminoids include <i>Cyperus laevigatus, Cyperus ligularis, Distichlis spicata, Paspalum vaginatum, Sporobolus virginicus, Juncus roemerianus</i>, and <i>Spartina alterniflora</i>. Succulent herbs include <i>Alternanthera maritima, Blutaparon portulacoides, Blutaparon vermiculare</i>, and <i>Sesuvium portulacastrum</i>. Halophytic shrubs include <i>Atriplex cristata, Batis maritima, Cryptocarpus pyriformis</i>, and <i>Salicornia "virginica"</i> s.l. (<i>Salicornia "fruticosa"</i> s.l.). Salt marsh shrub thickets are dominated by <i>Hibiscus tiliaceus</i>, forming an often dense belt of thickets immediately inland from mangrove formations of the Brazilian and Guianan coasts. Essentially monospecific communities of mud and salt flats dominated by <i>Batis maritima</i> are also included in this macrogroup.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40968-{F8D6557E-AF1B-468F-B60C-6F4E47A6E73F} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 08-Jan-2015 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Tropical Atlantic Coastal Salt Marsh Division This Community's Level: Macrogroup This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Batis maritima Caribbean Salt Flat & Pond Group		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.885064 NatureServe Explorer   Code: M735   Scientific: Spartina alterniflora - Batis maritima - Sesuvium portulacastrum Salt Marsh Macrogroup