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A.76 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.76
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance consists of swamps and sinkhole ponds, freshwater or very slightly brackish depression or swale wetlands dominated (or codominated) by ~Annona glabra$, sometimes with some mangrove as well, and typically with numerous species of epiphytes (especially orchids and bromeliads, such as ~Tillandsia$ spp.). Physiognomy is variable, varying from dense canopies to open canopies, depending on hydrology and disturbance. Forests of this alliance sometimes approach shrubland in height (less than 5 m) but all are classed here. In southern Florida, temperate floristic components are often present, including such species as ~Salix caroliniana$ and ~Sambucus canadensis (= Sambucus canadensis var. simpsonii$). The herbaceous layer is often well-developed and dominated by graminoids, such as ~Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense (= Cladium jamaicense)$. This alliance is widespread in the Bahamas and West Indies, and is likely to occur in tropical southern Florida. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2390.A76
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.d
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ANNONA GLABRA SEMIPERMANENTLY FLOODED FOREST ALLIANCE
  Code: A.76
  Common: Pond-apple Semipermanently Flooded Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Annona glabra Semipermanently Flooded Forest Alliance