DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Spartina alterniflora | Smooth Cordgrass 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Smooth cordgrass is found along the eastern seaboard of North America
from Newfoundland and Quebec to northern Florida, and in the Gulf of
Mexico from Florida to southern Texas [24,27].  It is also found along
the coast in Washington [12].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress
   FRES41  Wet grasslands


STATES : 
     AL  CT  DE  FL  GA  LA  ME  MD  MA  MS
     NH  NY  NC  RI  SC  TX  VA  WA  NF  PQ


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ACAD  ASIS  CACO  CAHA  CALO  COLO
     CUIS  EVER  FIIS  GATE  GUIS  PAIS


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    1  Northern Pacific Border


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K073  Northern cordgrass prairie
   K078  Southern cordgrass prairie
   K092  Everglades
   K105  Mangrove


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   106  Mangrove


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Smooth cordgrass communities are true marsh communities, which have
surface water most of the time.  In Louisiana, smooth cordgrass often
occurs in pure stands or with saltgrass (Distichlis spicata) and black
rush (Juncus roemerianus) as less abundant associates.  Similar
communities have been described on Ocracoke Island, on islands off the
coasts of Mississippi and Louisiana, and for the Dismal Swamp.  Smooth
cordgrass occurs in the understory of relatively open canopies of red
mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) swamps [21].

Related categories for Species: Spartina alterniflora | Smooth Cordgrass