Name:
Sabal palmetto / Ilex cassine - Morella cerifera Saturated Woodland
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
In the central Florida peninsula (Ocala National Forest), this vegetation type includes a type of open-canopy hydric hammock over organic soil dominated by a combination of Sabal palmetto, Quercus virginiana, Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, and Quercus nigra. All the upper woody strata contain prominent Sabal palmetto. The canopy contains Sabal palmetto, Pinus elliottii, Pinus taeda, and Quercus nigra. The subcanopy contains Sabal palmetto, Acer rubrum var. trilobum, Juniperus virginiana, Liquidambar styraciflua, and Quercus nigra. Shrubs include Ilex cassine, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Ilex glabra, Persea palustris, Cornus foemina, Diospyros virginiana, and Vaccinium corymbosum. Woody vines include Berchemia scandens, Smilax auriculata, Smilax bona-nox, Toxicodendron radicans, Vitis rotundifolia, and Smilax glauca. Herbs include Galactia elliottii, Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense (= Cladium jamaicense), Osmunda cinnamomea, Woodwardia virginica, Blechnum serrulatum, and the epiphyte Phlebodium aureum. This vegetation type also includes wet flatwoods with sand substrates and canopies of cabbage palmetto. There is usually a well-developed shrubby stratum, consisting of species such as Morella cerifera and Ilex glabra. The hydrology is seasonally saturated, with rare surface water.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.21044.SABALPALMETTOIL
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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