Name:
Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida Forest Alliance
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
Tropical hardwood hammock forests of south Florida and the West Indies, characterized by Metopium toxiferum and Eugenia foetida. Other characteristic trees and shrubs include Amyris elemifera, Ardisia escallonoides, Bourreria succulenta (= Bourreria ovata), Bursera simaruba, Byrsonima lucida, Canella winteriana, Capparis flexuosa, Chiococca parvifolia, Coccoloba diversifolia, Colubrina elliptica, Conocarpus erectus, Drypetes diversifolia, Erithalis fruticosa, Ernodea littoralis, Eugenia axillaris, Eugenia foetida, Eugenia rhombea, Ficus aurea, Guajacum sanctum, Guapira discolor, Guettarda elliptica, Guettarda scabra, Gymnanthes lucida, Jacquinia keyensis, Krugiodendron ferreum, Lysiloma latisiliquum, Manilkara jaimiqui ssp. emarginata, Myrsine floridana, Piscidia piscipula, Psychotria nervosa, Randia aculeata, Sapindus saponaria, Sideroxylon salicifolium (= Bumelia salicifolia, = Dipholis salicifolia), Sideroxylon foetidissimum (= Mastichodendron foetidissimum), Swietenia mahagoni, Thrinax radiata, and Thrinax morrisii. Forests in this alliance extend into the Bahamas and West Indies, but the associations listed here are restricted to the Florida Keys. These forests occur in thin soils over consolidated limestones of the Miami and Key Largo formations.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.21131.METOPIUMTOXIFER
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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