Name:
Mesoamerican-South American Pacific Coastal Salt Marsh Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This macrogroup contains plant communities that develop in depressions formed behind the coastal dunes or due to the formation of clay banks in estuarine areas which by the action of the tides can vary in position and shape; they also occur behind the mangrove forests. These brackish lagoons receive freshwater from precipitation, rivers or springs and saltwater from filtration or directly during high tides. This causes the salinity to be variable and seasonal. The soils are generally clayish, sometimes with a layer of silt and sand on the surface; in the dry season, a layer of salt deposits forms on the surface. Diagnostic species are a mix of salt-tolerant grasses, shrubs and succulents, such as <i>Blechnum serrulatum, Centrosema</i> sp., <i>Crinum erubescens, Hyptis</i> sp., <i>Ludwigia</i> spp., <i>Mimosa pellita (= Mimosa pigra), Sagittaria lancifolia, Thalia geniculata, Eleocharis acutangula, Cyperus ligularis, Spartina spartinae, Fimbristylis cymosa (= Fimbristylis spathacea), Chloris barbata (= Chloris inflata), Urochloa fusca (= Brachiaria fasciculata), Cordia curassavica, Marsdenia rotheana, Opuntia eliator, Acanthocereus tetragonus (= Acanthocereus pentagonus), Acacia costaricensis, Parkinsonia aculeata, Pavonia sessiliflora, Waltheria indica, Jacquinia macrocarpa, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Salicornia</i> spp. Scattered juveniles of mangrove species can occur as well.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40970-{B1BBA7B9-FFE6-4AC7-894E-41EA164F685A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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