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A.75 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.75
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance consists of short, non-tidal mangrove forests on seasonally flooded peats in island interior depressions of the Florida Keys and southern peninsular Florida. These communities are often referred to as basin mangrove communities. The mangrove canopy is usually 3-12 m high, closed, and consists of a variable mixture of ~Rhizophora mangle, Avicennia germinans, Laguncularia racemosa$, and ~Conocarpus erectus$. ~Ficus aurea$ may be present, as well. The subcanopy and shrub strata can be well-developed, and in some associations include species such as ~Jacquinia keyensis, Sideroxylon celastrinum, Lycium carolinianum, Rhabdadenia biflora$, and ~Batis maritima$. Herbs can include ~Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, Ipomoea violacea$, and ~Acrostichum$ spp. Epiphytes in some associations are abundant and diverse, and include ~Tillandsia flexuosa, Tillandsia paucifolia, Tillandsia fasciculata, Tillandsia balbisiana, Tillandsia X smalliana, Tillandsia utriculata, Encyclia tampensis$, and ~Vanilla barbellata$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2381.A75
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.5.N.c
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: RHIZOPHORA MANGLE - CONOCARPUS ERECTUS SEASONALLY FLOODED FOREST ALLIANCE
  Code: A.75
  Common: Red Mangrove - Buttonwood Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Rhizophora mangle - Conocarpus erectus Seasonally Flooded Forest Alliance