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A.1023 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1023
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes maritime scrub communities typically dominated by ~Iva frutescens$ or ~Baccharis halimifolia$ or both, growing in association with salt marshes. These communities occur primarily in estuarine margin situations, especially on the sound sides of barrier islands. Characteristically, these communities form an ecotone between salt marsh and upland vegetation or in areas within the salt marsh having slightly higher elevations and lower salinity levels than the surrounding marsh. Storm-induced disturbance causes periodic die-back of the shrubs restricting the extent of their spread. Characteristic species include ~Baccharis halimifolia, Iva frutescens, Rosa carolina, Spartina patens$, and ~Panicum virgatum$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.795.A1023
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: III.B.2.N.h
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Code: A.1023
  Scientific: BACCHARIS HALIMIFOLIA - IVA FRUTESCENS TIDAL SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Common: Groundsel-tree - Maritime Marsh-elder Tidal Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Baccharis halimifolia - Iva frutescens Tidal Shrubland Alliance