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A4493 Spartina alterniflora - Spartina cynosuroides - Carex paleacea Brackish Tidal Marsh Alliance

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Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Spartina alterniflora - Spartina cynosuroides - Carex paleacea Brackish Tidal Marsh Alliance

Colloquial Name: Northern Atlantic Cordgrass Brackish Tidal Marsh

Hierarchy Level:  Alliance

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Nations: US

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Confidence Level: Proposed (Submitted)

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Grank: GNR

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Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Class 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class C02 2
Subclass 2.C Shrub & Herb Wetland Subclass S44 2.C
Formation 2.C.5 Salt Marsh Formation F035 2.C.5
Division 2.C.5.Nb North American Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Salt Marsh Division D034 2.C.5.Nb
Macrogroup 2.C.5.Nb.1 North American Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Salt Marsh Macrogroup M079 2.C.5.Nb.1
Group 2.C.5.Nb.1.d Southern Cattail - Bulrush species - Awl-leaf Arrowhead Tidal Salt Marsh Group G120 2.C.5.Nb.1.d
Alliance A4493 <i>Spartina alterniflora - Spartina cynosuroides - Carex paleacea</i> Brackish Tidal Marsh Alliance A4493 2.C.5.Nb.1.d
Association CEGL004188 Common Threesquare Tidal Salt Marsh CEGL004188 2.C.5.Nb.1.d
Association CEGL004193 Smooth Cordgrass - Eastern Grasswort Salt Marsh CEGL004193 2.C.5.Nb.1.d
Association CEGL004195 Big Cordgrass Salt Marsh CEGL004195 2.C.5.Nb.1.d
Association CEGL004201 Narrowleaf Cattail - Crimson-eyed Rosemallow Salt Marsh CEGL004201 2.C.5.Nb.1.d
Association CEGL006150 Switchgrass - Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Beach Sedge Salt Marsh CEGL006150 2.C.5.Nb.1.d
Association CEGL006365 Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Creeping Bentgrass Salt Marsh CEGL006365 2.C.5.Nb.1.d
Association CEGL006368 Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Red Fescue - (Prairie Cordgrass) Salt Marsh CEGL006368 2.C.5.Nb.1.d
Association CEGL006416 Sturdy Bulrush - Smooth Cordgrass Salt Marsh CEGL006416 2.C.5.Nb.1.d
Association CEGL006418 Smooth Cordgrass - Dotted Smartweed - Tidal-marsh Amaranth Salt Marsh CEGL006418 2.C.5.Nb.1.d
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  • Faber-Langendoen, D., G. Edinger, J. Lundgren, B. Nichols, K. Puryear, J. Schlawin, L. Shappell, L. Sneddon, E. Sorenson, K. Walz, B. Zaino, E. Zimmerman. 2020. Revisions to the vegetation types in the Northeastern states: An expert review of USNVC groups and alliances and their relation to state natural community types. Proceedings of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification. USNVC-Proc-XX. 2020. Ecological Society of America, Washington, D.C., USA. xx pp.