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Hibiscus elatus - Calophyllum antillanum Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Hibiscus elatus - Calophyllum antillanum Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: Seasonally flooded evergreen forest community occurring on the somewhat higher plains of the swamp basins of Cuba and in the supralittoral marsh zone, mostly in the great flat peninsulas of quaternary limestone (Guanacahabibes, Zapata, southern Isle of Pines), and along the low southern coastal area of the Cuban plain. This forest association is codominated by <i>Hibiscus elatus</i> and <i>Calophyllum antillanum (= Calophyllum calaba)</i> and has a high frequency and abundance of macro- and mesophyllous climbers and xerophytic epiphytes (<i>Tillandsia</i> spp.). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35917.CEGL008334
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Translated: Cubanbast - West Indian-laurel Forest
  Scientific: Hibiscus elatus - Calophyllum antillanum Forest
  Code: CEGL008334
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685045 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo