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Serenoa repens - Sabal palmetto - Coccoloba uvifera - Sideroxylon tenax - Myrcianthes fragrans - Myrsine floridana Scrub | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Serenoa repens - Sabal palmetto - Coccoloba uvifera - Sideroxylon tenax - Myrcianthes fragrans - Myrsine floridana Scrub
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association represents a "coastal strand" community of south-central Atlantic Coast of Florida, ranging from southern Volusia County south to northern St. Lucie County. It consists of a long narrow strip of shrubs, parallel to the coast between the grassy <i>Uniola paniculata</i> dunes on the beach and the maritime forest inland. It is shaped by salt spray borne inland by the prevailing easterly winds off the water. The sandy soils are circumneutral, due to an admixture of shell with the quartz sand. The community is characterized by dense structure and an even, salt-spray-pruned canopy, slanting upward with increasing distance from the coast. The tropical shrub/small tree <i>Myrcianthes fragrans</i> is characteristic of this type, and is not found in coastal strands farther north or south. Nearest the coast, <i>Serenoa repens</i> and <i>Coccoloba uvifera</i> dominate, with dwarfed trees of <i>Sabal palmetto</i> extending above the low 1- to 2-foot high canopy. Further inland is found a mixed dominance of temperate (<i>Sideroxylon tenax (= Bumelia tenax), Persea borbonia, Quercus virginiana</i>) and tropical (<i>Myrcianthes fragrans, Myrsine floridana</i>) shrubs or salt-spray-dwarfed trees, often grading gradually upward in height to maritime hammock at increasing distance inland. Other characteristic species include <i>Forestiera segregata, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Schinus terebinthifolius</i> (exotic), <i>Lantana involucrata</i>, and <i>Zanthoxylum clava-herculis</i>. Coastal strand communities found farther north in Florida in which <i>Ilex vomitoria</i> and <i>Magnolia grandiflora</i> are components are covered by ~<i>Serenoa repens - Sabal palmetto - Ilex vomitoria - Sideroxylon tenax</i> Scrub (CEGL003812)$$; coastal strands comprised of tropical species farther south are covered by ~<i>Serenoa repens - Coccoloba uvifera - Pithecellobium keyense - Dalbergia ecastaphyllum</i> Scrub (CEGL003782)$$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34741.CEGL003811
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      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686364 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Florida Coastal Strand (Southern Atlantic Temperate Type)
  Translated: Saw Palmetto - Cabbage Palmetto - Sea-grape - Tough Bully - Twinberry - Guianese Colicwood Scrub
  Scientific: Serenoa repens - Sabal palmetto - Coccoloba uvifera - Sideroxylon tenax - Myrcianthes fragrans - Myrsine floridana Scrub
  Code: CEGL003811