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G621 Central & Southern Polynesian Scrub & Herb Coastal Strand Group

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Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Central & Southern Polynesian Scrub & Herb Coastal Strand Group

Colloquial Name: Central & Southern Polynesian Scrub & Herb Coastal Strand

Hierarchy Level:  Group

Type Concept: Open and dry coastal strand occurs on sandy to rocky substrates along the shoreline that is exposed to coastal wind and salt spray. Vines such as Ipomea pes-caprae, Vigna marina, and Canavalia rosea, along with grasses like Lepturus repens, Thuarea involuta, and Stenotaphrum micranthum.

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Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

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Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  No Data Available
Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: AS,WS

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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR

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Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Class 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class C02 2
Subclass 2.A Tropical Grassland, Savanna & Shrubland Subclass S01 2.A
Formation 2.A.3 Tropical Scrub & Herb Coastal Vegetation Formation F024 2.A.3
Division 2.A.3.Ob Polynesian Scrub & Herb Coastal Vegetation Division D078 2.A.3.Ob
Macrogroup 2.A.3.Ob.2 Central & Southern Polynesian Scrub & Herb Coastal Vegetation Macrogroup M232 2.A.3.Ob.2
Group 2.A.3.Ob.2.a Central & Southern Polynesian Scrub & Herb Coastal Strand Group G621 2.A.3.Ob.2.a
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

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Concept Author(s): G. Kittel, in Faber-Langendoen et al. (2011)

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  • Faber-Langendoen, D., J. Drake, S. Gawler, M. Hall, C. Josse, G. Kittel, S. Menard, C. Nordman, M. Pyne, M. Reid, L. Sneddon, K. Schulz, J. Teague, M. Russo, K. Snow, and P. Comer, editors. 2010-2019a. Divisions, Macrogroups and Groups for the Revised U.S. National Vegetation Classification. NatureServe, Arlington, VA. plus appendices. [in preparation]