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CEGL007757 Avicennia germinans / Batis maritima Saline Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Black Mangrove / Turtleweed Saline Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occurs in saline to hypersaline tidal waters of low tidal amplitude along the southern coast of Texas and south into Tamaulipas. Avicennia germinans is the dominant shrub, usually from 0.5-3 m tall. Batis maritima forms a lower shrub layer, usually also extending outward from the Avicennia, and may form a small or extensive adjacent community.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: In Texas this community occurs in the hypersaline lagoons region of south Texas.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This community is dominated by Avicennia germinans, usually from 0.5-3 m tall. Other associates forming a lower shrub layer may include Batis maritima and Borrichia frutescens.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: Environmental factors such as hypersaline conditions maintain the structure of this vegetation as a shrubland.
Geographic Range: This community ranges along the Gulf Coast from southern Texas through Tamaulipas, Mexico. It also occurs in Cuba.
Nations: MX,US
States/Provinces: MXTAM, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684404
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3?
Greasons: No Data Available
| 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.b Saltwort species - Swampfire species - Gulf Cordgrass Tidal Flat & Panne Group | G123 | 2.C.5.Nb.1.b |
| Alliance | A3955 Turtleweed - Swampfire species - Saltwort species Intertidal Salt Flat Alliance | A3955 | 2.C.5.Nb.1.b |
| Association | CEGL007757 Black Mangrove / Turtleweed Saline Shrubland | CEGL007757 | 2.C.5.Nb.1.b |
Concept Lineage: merged in
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Black Mangrove Series (Diamond 1993)
- Diamond, D. D. 1993. Classification of the plant communities of Texas (series level). Unpublished document. Texas Natural Heritage Program, Austin. 25 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.