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Conocarpus erectus - Metopium toxiferum - Acoelorraphe wrightii / Chrysobalanus icaco Forest | Hilsenbeck, C. E., R. H. Hofstet...
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Name: Conocarpus erectus - Metopium toxiferum - Acoelorraphe wrightii / Chrysobalanus icaco Forest
Reference: Hilsenbeck, C. E., R. H. Hofstet...
Description: This mangrove swamp forest of southern Florida occurs on wetland hammock islands surrounded by wet prairie. It is dominated by a 4- to 15-m tall canopy of <i>Conocarpus erectus, Metopium toxiferum, Acoelorraphe wrightii</i>, and <i>Sabal palmetto</i>. Subcanopy and shrub species include <i>Chrysobalanus icaco, Sabal palmetto</i>, and <i>Myrsine floridana</i>. Epiphytes are abundant and include <i>Tillandsia</i> spp. and <i>Encyclia tampensis</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36546.CEGL007057
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
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Names:   Scientific: Conocarpus erectus - Metopium toxiferum - Acoelorraphe wrightii / Chrysobalanus icaco Forest
  Translated: Button Mangrove - Florida Poisontree - Everglades Palm / Coco-plum Forest
  Code: CEGL007057
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685907 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo