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CEGL004398 Cakile constricta Sparse Beach Vegetation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Gulf Coast Searocket Sparse Beach Vegetation
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This type represents the eastern Gulf Coast upper ocean beach community, ranging from Mississippi to the panhandle of Florida. Cakile constricta dominates. Other characteristic species include Iva imbricata, Atriplex cristata, and Ipomoea imperati. This community occurs along driftlines formed by the highest spring tides and, on stable coasts, is annually destroyed and re-formed. On prograding beaches or beaches re-building after storm destruction of the foredune, this community may form the initial nucleus on which the foredune (dominated by Uniola paniculata) is re-built.
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
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Cakile constricta dominates. Other characteristic species include Iva imbricata, Atriplex cristata (= Atriplex pentandra), and Ipomoea imperati.
Dynamics: This community occurs along driftlines formed by the highest spring tides and, on stable coasts, is annually destroyed and re-formed. On prograding beaches or beaches re-building after storm destruction of the foredune, this community may form the initial nucleus on which the foredune (dominated by Uniola paniculata) is re-built (A.F. Johnson pers. obs.).
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: Community is co-extensive with the range of Cakile constricta from Mississippi to the panhandle of Florida.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AL, FL, MS
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689215
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass | S18 | 2.B |
| Formation | 2.B.4 Temperate to Polar Scrub & Herb Coastal Vegetation Formation | F005 | 2.B.4 |
| Division | 2.B.4.Na Eastern North American Coastal Scrub & Herb Vegetation Division | D026 | 2.B.4.Na |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.4.Na.1 Eastern North American Coastal Beach & Rocky Shore Macrogroup | M060 | 2.B.4.Na.1 |
| Group | 2.B.4.Na.1.a South Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Beach Group | G661 | 2.B.4.Na.1.a |
| Alliance | A3683 Searocket species - Morning-glory species Sparse Beach Alliance | A3683 | 2.B.4.Na.1.a |
| Association | CEGL004398 Gulf Coast Searocket Sparse Beach Vegetation | CEGL004398 | 2.B.4.Na.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- FNAI [Florida Natural Areas Inventory]. 2010a. Guide to the natural communities of Florida: 2010 edition. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, FL. 228 pp. [https://fnai.org/naturalcommguide.cfm]
- MSNHP [Mississippi Natural Heritage Program]. 2006. Ecological communities of Mississippi. Museum of Natural Science, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Jackson, MS. 9 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Wieland, R. G. 1994a. Marine and estuarine habitat types and associated ecological communities of the Mississippi Coast. Museum Technical Report 25. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS. 270 pp.