Name:
Coccoloba uvifera Shrubland Alliance
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This alliance is a characteristic component of coastal vegetation on shores of the Florida peninsula and West Indies. These maritime shrublands are characterized (and generally dominated or codominated, as well) by Coccoloba uvifera, which occurs in a dwarfed, shrubby condition because of wind-pruning, salt-pruning, or (to the north) frost-pruning. Other characteristic woody species (many of them pan-Caribbean or pan-tropical coastal species) include Ernodea littoralis, Forestiera segregata var. segregata, Jacquinia keyensis, Scaevola plumieri, Sideroxylon celastrinum, Piscidia piscipula, Suriana maritima, Lantana involucrata (exotic), Caesalpinia bonduc, Sabal palmetto, Randia aculeata, Chiococca alba, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Ardisia escallonoides, Myrsine floridana, Sophora tomentosa, Dalbergia ecastaphyllum, Opuntia stricta, Piscidia piscipula, Pithecellobium keyense, Ambrosia hispida, Pithecellobium unguis-cati, Bursera simaruba, and Metopium toxiferum.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.18113.COCCOLOBAUVIFER
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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