Name:
Conocarpus erectus Seasonally Flooded Woodland Alliance
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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.23789.CONOCARPUSERECT
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
0
|
