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Sabal palmetto - Quercus virginiana - Ficus aurea / Acrostichum danaeifolium - Nephrolepis exaltata Swamp Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Sabal palmetto - Quercus virginiana - Ficus aurea / Acrostichum danaeifolium - Nephrolepis exaltata Swamp Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This plant association comprises hydric hammocks of coastal peninsular Florida, with some tropical components. Hydric hammocks typically form where deep groundwater seeps slowly from limestone outcrops. This vegetation is characterized by a diverse canopy, usually composed of a combination of temperate elements (e.g., <i>Sabal palmetto, Quercus virginiana, Quercus laurifolia, Magnolia virginiana, Ulmus americana</i>, etc.) with tropical ones such as <i>Ficus aurea</i>. Some characteristic tropical understory components include <i>Acrostichum danaeifolium</i> and <i>Nephrolepis exaltata</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33199-{921F2E5B-FDB7-4965-BB72-ADAC20DBEB94}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Jul-1996 to: ongoing
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689552 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004409
  Translated: Cabbage Palmetto - Live Oak - Florida Strangler Fig / Inland Leatherfern - Boston Swordfern Swamp Forest
  Common: Subtropical Florida Hydric Hammock
  Scientific: Sabal palmetto - Quercus virginiana - Ficus aurea / Acrostichum danaeifolium - Nephrolepis exaltata Swamp Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004409
(similar) Sabal palmetto - Quercus virginiana - Ulmus americana - Ficus aurea / Acrostichum danaeifolium - Nephrolepis exaltata Forest
(similar) Sabal palmetto - Quercus virginiana - Ulmus americana - Ficus aurea / Acrostichum danaeifolium - Nephrolepis exaltata Forest