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Quercus geminata - Quercus myrtifolia - Serenoa repens - Persea borbonia Shrubland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus geminata - Quercus myrtifolia - Serenoa repens - Persea borbonia Shrubland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This "coastal scrub" community occurs in northeastern Florida, from Duval County south to Cape Canaveral in northern Brevard County. This community occurs in a narrow strip near the coast on acidic sands. <i>Quercus geminata, Quercus myrtifolia, Serenoa repens</i>, and <i>Persea borbonia</i> dominate. Other characteristic species include <i>Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Quercus chapmanii, Osmanthus americanus, Lyonia ferruginea, Erythrina herbacea, Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola</i>, and <i>Ilex vomitoria</i>. Stands in northern Volusia County and on Cape Canaveral have dwarfed <i>Quercus virginiana</i> present along with the usual scrub oaks. Salt spray blown off the Atlantic Ocean by the prevailing easterly winds probably prevents the formation of a <i>Pinus clausa</i> canopy characteristic of more inland scrubs. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35658.CEGL003821
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: Northeast Florida Coastal Scrub
  Translated: Sand Live Oak - Myrtle Oak - Saw Palmetto - Redbay Shrubland
  Scientific: Quercus geminata - Quercus myrtifolia - Serenoa repens - Persea borbonia Shrubland
  Code: CEGL003821
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689104 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo