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Hypericum lissophloeus Shrubland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Hypericum lissophloeus Shrubland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association represents ponds in Bay and Washington counties in the Panhandle of Florida dominated by <i>Hypericum lissophloeus</i>. This species is a narrow endemic found only in these counties, but where present it may form a shrubland (1-4 m tall) of varying density along the margins of certain depressions. These depressions have been called sinkholes or sandhill ponds. They are apparently of karstic origin but have extensive sandy soils covering the margins and, therefore, exhibit little direct evidence of calcareous conditions or of limestone. Examples may be seasonally flooded to depths of as much as 1.5 m deep, but they dry down regularly as well. These are fairly large, steep-sided depressions with as much as 30 m elevation change from rim (sandhill) to center. Other shrub species include <i>Chrysoma pauciflosculosa, Hypericum reductum</i>, and <i>Lupinus westianus var. westianus</i>. Typical herbs include <i>Panicum virgatum, Andropogon glaucopsis, Andropogon capillipes, Panicum hemitomon, Centella erecta, Dichanthelium</i> spp., <i>Lachnocaulon minus, Ludwigia suffruticosa</i>, and <i>Eleocharis</i> spp. Other herbs may include <i>Chrysopsis lanuginosa, Drosera filiformis, Drosera brevifolia (= Drosera leucantha), Eriocaulon</i> spp., <i>Rhexia mariana var. mariana, Rhexia salicifolia, Syngonanthus flavidulus</i>, and <i>Xyris baldwiniana</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35933.CEGL003870
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Florida Panhandle Sandhill Hypericum Pond
  Translated: Smoothbark St. John's-wort Shrubland
  Scientific: Hypericum lissophloeus Shrubland
  Code: CEGL003870
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687815 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo