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CEGL005464 Sesuvium verrucosum - Suaeda linearis - Iva texensis Sparse Saline Flat
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Verrucose Sea-purslane - Annual Seepweed - Texas Marsh-elder Sparse Saline Flat
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community is located in high salt flat/pannes and is dominated by Sesuvium verrucosum and/or Suaeda linearis. Codominants include Rayjacksonia phyllocephala and Iva texensis. Other associated species include Coreopsis tinctoria, Sporobolus virginicus, and Borrichia frutescens, among others. Sesuvium verrucosum is the only constant species in the supporting plot data. This provisional community is described from very limited plot data from Padre Island National Seashore, Texas.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: There is some ambiguity about the taxonomic status of Sarcocornia perennis and Salicornia virginica and about which taxa are referenced in this type. Kartesz (1999) refers to Salicornia virginica and Sarcocornia perennis as Salicornia ambigua and restricts Sarcocornia pacifica to the Pacific coast. However, NatureServe now follows USDA Plants (2017) nomenclature in U.S. National Vegetation Classification community names and global descriptions, treating Salicornia virginica as Salicornia depressa and accepting Sarcocornia pacifica and Sarcocornia perennis.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This community is located in high salt flat/pannes and is dominated by Sesuvium verrucosum and/or Suaeda linearis. Codominants include Rayjacksonia phyllocephala and Iva texensis. Other associated species include Coreopsis tinctoria, Sporobolus virginicus, and Borrichia frutescens among others. Sesuvium verrucosum is the only constant species in the supporting plot data. This provisional community is described from very limited plot data from Padre Island National Seashore.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community is located in high salt flat/pannes on barrier islands.
Geographic Range: This community is located in high salt flat/pannes of barrier islands along the south Texas coast.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.928295
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
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 | CEGL005464 Verrucose Sea-purslane - Annual Seepweed - Texas Marsh-elder Sparse Saline Flat | CEGL005464 | 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
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.