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Quercus geminata - (Quercus virginiana) / Serenoa repens - Lyonia fruticosa Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus geminata - (Quercus virginiana) / Serenoa repens - Lyonia fruticosa Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association represents xeric maritime hammocks of the central eastern coast of Florida and adjacent areas in southern Georgia. The overstory is dominated by <i>Quercus geminata</i>; <i>Quercus virginiana</i> may also be present, along with <i>Quercus myrtifolia</i>. The dense shrub layer includes <i>Serenoa repens, Lyonia fruticosa, Lyonia ferruginea, Osmanthus americanus var. americanus, Persea borbonia</i>, and <i>Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera)</i>. An understory of <i>Sabal palmetto</i> may also be present. In northeastern Florida, at the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, dead and dying <i>Persea borbonia</i> indicate that these maritime hammocks are being affected by laurel wilt, which is caused by a vascular wilt fungus that is transmitted to species in the Lauraceae family via the non-native redbay ambrosia beetle (<i>Xyleborus glabratus</i>). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35659.CEGL007020
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: Southeastern Florida Maritime Hammock
  Translated: Sand Live Oak - (Live Oak) / Saw Palmetto - Coastal Plain Staggerbush Forest
  Scientific: Quercus geminata - (Quercus virginiana) / Serenoa repens - Lyonia fruticosa Forest
  Code: CEGL007020
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683680 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo