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Conocarpus erectus - Rhizophora mangle - Laguncularia racemosa - Metopium toxiferum / Tillandsia spp. Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Conocarpus erectus - Rhizophora mangle - Laguncularia racemosa - Metopium toxiferum / Tillandsia spp. Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community is a short woodland or tall shrubland community of subtropical Florida, with canopy height ranging from 2.5-8 m. Canopy closure averages 50-65% providing "an ideal habitat for most of the sun-adapted bromeliads" (Hilsenbeck et al. 1979). The canopy consists of <i>Conocarpus erectus, Rhizophora mangle, Laguncularia racemosa, Avicennia germinans, Metopium toxiferum, Persea palustris, Sabal palmetto</i>, and <i>Taxodium ascendens</i>. Epiphytes present include <i>Tillandsia utriculata, Tillandsia x smalliana, Tillandsia balbisiana, Tillandsia fasciculata, Tillandsia paucifolia, Tillandsia flexuosa, Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. michauxiana, Phlebodium aureum, Encyclia tampensis</i>, and <i>Vanilla barbellata</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36260.CEGL003505
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: Button Mangrove - Red Mangrove - White Mangrove - Florida Poisontree / Airplant species Woodland
  Scientific: Conocarpus erectus - Rhizophora mangle - Laguncularia racemosa - Metopium toxiferum / Tillandsia spp. Woodland
  Code: CEGL003505
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689067 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo