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A.34 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.34
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes diverse-canopied forests with a short canopy height of 3-8 m on coastal berms formed from storm-deposited shell hash of biogenic origin, consisting of limestone sand, shell, and calcareous algal fragments. Typical canopy components include ~Guapira discolor, Eugenia foetida, Metopium toxiferum, Pithecellobium keyense, Casasia clusiifolia, Suriana maritima, Conocarpus erectus, Bursera simaruba, Coccoloba uvifera, Eugenia axillaris, Coccothrinax argentata, Thrinax radiata, Reynosia septentrionalis, Sideroxylon celastrinum (= Bumelia celastrina), Piscidia piscipula, Erithalis fruticosa$, and the exotic ~Casuarina equisetifolia$. This alliance occurs in the Florida Keys and in extreme southern peninsular Florida. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1964.A34
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.A.3.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Code: A.34
  Scientific: CASASIA CLUSIIFOLIA - GUAPIRA DISCOLOR FOREST ALLIANCE
  Common: Seven-year-apple - Blolly Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Casasia clusiifolia - Guapira discolor Forest Alliance