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A.52 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.52
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes forests dominated by ~Quercus geminata$. These occur on bayside shores of the mainland coast and inland on coarse sands. This alliance includes xeric maritime hammocks of the northeastern coast of Florida, south at least to Cape Canaveral, and of the panhandle. It also includes inland xeric hammocks dominated by ~Quercus geminata$. These occur in north and central Florida, south Georgia, and perhaps south Alabama and South Carolina. Other characteristic species include ~Quercus myrtifolia, Lyonia ferruginea, Osmanthus americanus var. americanus, Persea borbonia$, and ~Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera)$. Characteristic shrubs may include ~Ilex vomitoria, Lyonia fruticosa, Serenoa repens$, and ~Sideroxylon lanuginosum$. An understory of ~Sabal palmetto$ may be present. The soils at sites where this alliance is found typically contain deep, infertile sands. Habitat for these forests is decreasing and many associations now are rare. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2164.A52
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.4.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: QUERCUS GEMINATA FOREST ALLIANCE
  Code: A.52
  Common: Sand Live Oak Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus geminata Forest Alliance