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A.473 | EcoArt 2002
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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: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: II.A.1.N.c
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: CONOCARPUS ERECTUS SEASONALLY FLOODED WOODLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.473
  Common: Buttonwood Seasonally Flooded Woodland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Conocarpus erectus Seasonally Flooded Woodland Alliance