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Taxodium ascendens / Hypericum chapmanii / Rhynchospora harperi Dwarf Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Taxodium ascendens / Hypericum chapmanii / Rhynchospora harperi Dwarf Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This dwarf pond-cypress savanna is a highly unusual association, which is dominated by a rather open, essentially monospecific canopy of dwarfed Taxodium ascendens. A shrub layer (typically below 1.5 m. in height) is dominated by Hypericum chapmanii with Ilex myrtifolia, Cliftonia monophylla, Cyrilla racemiflora, and Stillingia aquatica. The herbaceous stratum is dominated by Rhynchospora harperi and is more prominent and dense than the shrubs. Other forbs noted include Eriocaulon compressum, Xyris stricta, Sabatia bartramii, Scleria baldwinii, Aristida spp., Hypericum sp., Rhexia sp., Lycopodiella alopecuroides, and Pinguicula planifolia. Numerous epiphytes on the Taxodium ascendens include Epidendrum conopseum, Pieris phillyreifolia, Osmanthus americanus, Ilex glabra, Asplenium platyneuron, Thelypteris kunthii, and foliose or fruticose lichens. These dwarf pond-cypress savannas are the result of a rather unique geologic setting and the interrelationship of edaphic, hydrologic, and fire-regime factors. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.21854.TAXODIUMASCENDE
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-May-1998 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Pond-cypress / Chapman's St. John's-wort / Harper's Beaksedge Dwarf Woodland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685447 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007725
  Scientific: Taxodium ascendens / Hypericum chapmanii / Rhynchospora harperi Dwarf Woodland
  Common: West Florida Coast Rack Cypress Savanna
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Taxodium ascendens / Hypericum chapmanii / Rhynchospora harperi Dwarf Woodland