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Rhizophora mangle - Laguncularia racemosa - Avicennia germinans - Conocarpus erectus / Jacquinia keyensis Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Rhizophora mangle - Laguncularia racemosa - Avicennia germinans - Conocarpus erectus / Jacquinia keyensis Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This is a non-tidal, seasonally flooded mangrove community of southern Florida that occurs over deep organic soils containing marine marls and freshwater peats. The 3- to 7-m tall canopy is dominated by <i>Rhizophora mangle, Laguncularia racemosa, Avicennia germinans</i>, and <i>Conocarpus erectus</i>. Subcanopy and shrub species include <i>Jacquinia keyensis, Sideroxylon celastrinum, Lycium carolinianum</i>, and <i>Rhabdadenia biflora</i>. Herbs include <i>Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense</i> and <i>Ipomoea violacea</i>. Epiphytes are very abundant and diverse, and include <i>Tillandsia flexuosa, Tillandsia paucifolia, Tillandsia fasciculata, Tillandsia balbisiana, Tillandsia x smalliana, Tillandsia utriculata, Encyclia tampensis</i>, and <i>Vanilla barbellata</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35475.CEGL007053
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      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:   Translated: Red Mangrove - White Mangrove - Black Mangrove - Button Mangrove / Joewood Forest
  Scientific: Rhizophora mangle - Laguncularia racemosa - Avicennia germinans - Conocarpus erectus / Jacquinia keyensis Forest
  Code: CEGL007053
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689985 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo