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A.366 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.366
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance consists of forests known as 'tropical bayhead forests' and 'wet tropical hammocks,' occurring in seasonally flooded situations in southern Florida. They characteristically have a mixture of tropical and temperate species. ~Taxodium distichum, Persea palustris$, and ~Chrysobalanus icaco$ are characteristic. Other typical canopy and subcanopy species that are not present in all associations include ~Acer rubrum var. rubrum, Annona glabra, Celtis laevigata, Conocarpus erectus, Ficus aurea, Fraxinus caroliniana, Magnolia virginiana, Metopium toxiferum, Myrsine floridana, Quercus laurifolia, Rhizophora mangle, Roystonea elata, Sabal palmetto, Salix caroliniana$, and ~Sideroxylon salicifolium$. Ferns, especially ~Blechnum serrulatum$, are often abundant. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2041.A366
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: I.C.1.N.c
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: TAXODIUM DISTICHUM - PERSEA PALUSTRIS - CHRYSOBALANUS ICACO SEASONALLY FLOODED FOREST ALLIANCE
  Code: A.366
  Common: Bald-cypress - Swampbay - Coco-plum Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Taxodium distichum - Persea palustris - Chrysobalanus icaco Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance