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CEGL004614 Spartina spartinae - Monanthochloe littoralis - Suaeda linearis Salt Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Gulf Cordgrass - Shoregrass - Annual Seepweed Salt Marsh
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occupies irregularly flooded, somewhat hypersaline situations, isolated from regular tidal inundation. Spartina spartinae strongly dominates. Other species present can include Monanthochloe littoralis, Suaeda linearis, Batis maritima, Distichlis spicata, Maytenus phyllanthoides, Borrichia frutescens, and Prosopis reptans. Spartina spartinae can be stunted and sparse in these communities. Some situations where this community occurs may actually not be tidal, but are hypersaline from storm flooding and evaporation.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This vegetation is dominated by Spartina spartinae. It is characterized by the subtropical species Prosopis reptans and Maytenus phyllanthoides. Other characteristic components can include Monanthochloe littoralis, Suaeda linearis, Batis maritima, Distichlis spicata and Borrichia frutescens.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community occurs in tidal and other hypersaline situations along the Gulf Coast of southern Texas and possibly northern Mexico.
Geographic Range: This community is known only from the lower coast of Texas. It may also occur along the Gulf Coast of northern Mexico.
Nations: MX?,US
States/Provinces: TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686872
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 | A3957 Gulf Cordgrass - Seashore Dropseed - Shoregrass Intertidal Salt Marsh Alliance | A3957 | 2.C.5.Nb.1.b |
| Association | CEGL004614 Gulf Cordgrass - Shoregrass - Annual Seepweed Salt Marsh | CEGL004614 | 2.C.5.Nb.1.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- 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.