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CEGL004617 Borrichia frutescens / Spartina spartinae Saline Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Bushy Seaside-tansy / Gulf Cordgrass Saline Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community is known only from the lower Gulf Coast of Texas. It is an irregularly tidally flooded shrubland codominated by Borrichia frutescens and Spartina spartinae. In some occurrences, these are the only two species present. Other species can include Prosopis reptans, Sarcocornia pacifica, Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum, and Batis maritima.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: The relationship between this community and the similar community ~Borrichia frutescens / (Spartina patens, Juncus roemerianus) Saline Shrubland (CEGL003924)$$ is poorly documented. The ranges of these two communities overlap along the middle and south Texas coast where ~Borrichia frutescens / Spartina spartinae Saline Shrubland (CEGL004617)$$ dominates less saline, higher ground than CEGL003924.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This association is codominated by Borrichia frutescens and Spartina spartinae. In some occurrences, these are the only two species present. Other occurrences may also include Sarcocornia pacifica, Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum, and Batis maritima.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This is a hypersaline high marsh or tidal flat community, inundated only by abnormally high tides or storm tides.
Geographic Range: This community is known only from the lower Gulf Coast of Texas.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: LA?, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684889
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3G4
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.c Saltmeadow Cordgrass - Jesuit''s-bark High Salt Marsh Group | G121 | 2.C.5.Nb.1.c |
| Alliance | A1026 Bushy Seaside-tansy Tidal Shrub Salt Marsh Alliance | A1026 | 2.C.5.Nb.1.c |
| Association | CEGL004617 Bushy Seaside-tansy / Gulf Cordgrass Saline Shrubland | CEGL004617 | 2.C.5.Nb.1.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Borrichia flat (Johnston 1952)
- Johnston, M. C. 1952. Vegetation of eastern Cameron County, Texas. M.S. thesis, University of Texas, Austin. 127 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.