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Taxodium distichum - Persea palustris - Chrysobalanus icaco Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Taxodium distichum - Persea palustris - Chrysobalanus icaco Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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.21097.TAXODIUMDISTICH
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Taxodium distichum - Persea palustris - Chrysobalanus icaco Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance
  Translated: Bald-cypress - Swampbay - Coco-plum Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125921 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.366