Name:
A.473
Reference:
EcoArt 2002
Description:
This alliance consists of woodlands with an open to widely scattered canopy of tree-sized ~Conocarpus erectus$, with herbaceous or shrubby understories. Typical associated canopy and large shrub species may include ~Conocarpus erectus, Rhizophora mangle, Laguncularia racemosa, Avicennia germinans, Metopium toxiferum, Persea palustris, Sabal palmetto$, and ~Taxodium ascendens$. Epiphytes are sometimes very abundant, and can include ~Tillandsia utriculata, Tillandsia X smalliana, Tillandsia balbisiana, Tillandsia fasciculata, Tillandsia paucifolia, Tillandsia flexuosa, Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana, Phlebodium aureum, Encyclia tampensis$, and ~Vanilla barbellata$. In grassy associations, typical species may include ~Sporobolus virginicus, Fimbristylis$ spp., ~Spartina spartinae, Borrichia frutescens, Borrichia arborescens, Panicum virgatum, Sporobolus coromandelianus (= Sporobolus pyramidatus), Salicornia virginica, Eustoma exaltatum$. These communities are seasonally flooded and are not tidally affected.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.2125.A473
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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