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Chaco-Espinal Brackish Marsh Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Chaco-Espinal Brackish Marsh Macrogroup Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: Hygro-halophilous shrub-, grass- or forb-dominated communities of the Chaco and the Espinal in depressions of fluvial or lacustrine origin, mostly in endorheic basins with an extended dry season, where salts accumulate after water evaporation. A sparse tree layer can occur with species of <i>Cereus</i>, an arborescent cacti, the palm <i>Copernicia alba</i>, and <i>Prosopis</i> spp. Among the herb species are <i>Allenrolfea patagonica, Atriplex eximia, Pterocaulon purpurascens, Echinopsis klingeriana, Lophocarpinia aculiatifolia, Sarcocornia perennis, Heterostachys ritteriana, Grabowskia duplicata, Cyclolepis genistoides, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Lycium ovalilobum, Monantochloa littoralis, Plectrocarpa tetracantha</i>, among many others.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40971-{0000CEA0-FEE0-4B6C-9238-4B8AD0FA77BF} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 17-Apr-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: South American Lowlands Interior Brackish Marsh Division This Community's Level: Macrogroup This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Vegetación de los Salares Inundables del Chaco Septentrional Group		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.885069 NatureServe Explorer   Code: M738   Scientific: Chaco-Espinal Brackish Marsh Macrogroup