Southern Spikerush Interdunal Marsh

Type:Alliance
Parent classification:Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Interdunal Swale
Scientific Name:Eleocharis elongata - Eleocharis equisetoides - Fuirena scirpoidea Interdunal Marsh Alliance
Location:United States (South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Louisiana); Mexico
Description:This diverse alliance of graminoid marsh vegetation is dominated by graminoid species, including Andropogon brachystachyus, Carex hyalinolepis, Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, Eleocharis elongata, Eleocharis equisetoides, Eleocharis quadrangulata, Fuirena scirpoidea, Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis, Muhlenbergia filipes, Panicum hemitomon, Panicum tenerum, Paspalum vaginatum, and Rhynchospora spp. It occurs in southern coastal interdunal swales.
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Child types

Name
(Stillingia aquatica) / Panicum tenerum - Dichanthelium erectifolium Marsh
Atlantic Barrier Island Depression Interdune Pond
Carex hyalinolepis Marsh
Coastal Plain Spikerush - Beaksedge Marsh
Common Threesquare - Betonyleaf Thoroughwort Coastal Marsh
Crowngrass Interdune Swale
Florida Atlantic Coast Short-spike Bluestem - Southern Umbrella-sedge Marsh
Fuirena scirpoidea - Fuirena longa - Rhynchospora microcarpa - Rhynchospora divergens Marsh
Gulf Coast Interdune Maidencane Swale
Gulf Coast Spikerush Interdune Swale
Squarestem Spikerush Coastal Depression
West Gulf Coast Saltmeadow Cordgrass Interdunal Swale Grassland

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