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Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida - Coccoloba uvifera - Thrinax morrisii / Erithalis fruticosa Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida - Coccoloba uvifera - Thrinax morrisii / Erithalis fruticosa Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community is a low (4-7 m in height), xeric forest with occasional emergent trees, occurring over limestone. Vegetation is dense with an abundance of low, branching stems. The tallest trees are typically <i>Thrinax morrisii, Metopium toxiferum, Conocarpus erectus, Pinus elliottii var. densa</i> and <i>Guapira discolor</i>. Other common trees include <i>Manilkara jaimiqui ssp. emarginata, Piscidia piscipula, Eugenia foetida, Eugenia axillaris, Jacquinia keyensis</i>, and <i>Myrsine floridana</i>. Canopy species, as well as <i>Erithalis fruticosa, Byrsonima lucida, Ernodea littoralis, Chiococca parvifolia</i>, and <i>Randia aculeata</i> may also occur as shrubs in the understory. Only a few shade-tolerant herbs are found beneath the dense forest cover. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35647.CEGL007008
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:   Common: Lower Keys Rockland Hammock
  Translated: Florida Poisontree - Boxleaf Stopper - Sea-grape - Key Thatch Palm / Black Torch Forest
  Scientific: Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida - Coccoloba uvifera - Thrinax morrisii / Erithalis fruticosa Forest
  Code: CEGL007008
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685327 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo