Name:
Sabal palmetto - Quercus laurifolia - Quercus virginiana - Magnolia virginiana - Ulmus americana Saturated Forest Alliance
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This alliance includes hydric hardwood hammocks of Florida and possibly adjacent Georgia, characterized by a moderately diverse canopy, usually composed of Sabal palmetto, Quercus virginiana, Quercus laurifolia, Liquidambar styraciflua, Ulmus americana (= Ulmus americana var. floridana), and sometimes also Pinus taeda, Acer rubrum, Quercus nigra, Magnolia virginiana, Celtis laevigata, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, and others. Typical understory species can include Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana, Cornus foemina, Diospyros virginiana, Magnolia virginiana, Persea palustris, Nyssa biflora, and canopy species. Typical shrubs and woody vines include Sabal minor, Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Viburnum obovatum, Berchemia scandens, Callicarpa americana, Ampelopsis arborea, Persea palustris, and Toxicodendron radicans. Hydric hammocks typically form where deep groundwater seeps slowly from limestone outcrops. They reside on poorly drained soils or on soils with high water tables, and are frequently located between mesic hammock or pine flatwoods on the upper side, and river swamps, wet prairies, or marshes on the lower side.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.24589.SABALPALMETTOQU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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