Name:
Sabal palmetto / Ilex cassine - Morella cerifera Swamp Woodland
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
In the central Florida peninsula (Ocala National Forest), this vegetation type includes a type of open-canopy hydric hammock over organic soil dominated by a combination of <i>Sabal palmetto, Quercus virginiana, Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua</i>, and <i>Quercus nigra</i>. All the upper woody strata contain prominent <i>Sabal palmetto</i>. The canopy contains <i>Sabal palmetto, Pinus elliottii, Pinus taeda</i>, and <i>Quercus nigra</i>. The subcanopy contains <i>Sabal palmetto, Acer rubrum var. trilobum, Juniperus virginiana, Liquidambar styraciflua</i>, and <i>Quercus nigra</i>. Shrubs include <i>Ilex cassine, Morella cerifera, Ilex glabra, Persea palustris, Cornus foemina, Diospyros virginiana</i>, and <i>Vaccinium corymbosum</i>. Woody vines include <i>Berchemia scandens, Smilax auriculata, Smilax bona-nox, Toxicodendron radicans, Vitis rotundifolia</i>, and <i>Smilax glauca</i>. Herbs include <i>Galactia elliottii, Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense, Osmunda cinnamomea, Woodwardia virginica, Blechnum serrulatum</i>, and the epiphyte <i>Phlebodium aureum</i>. This vegetation type also includes wet flatwoods with sand substrates and canopies of cabbage palmetto. There is usually a well-developed shrubby stratum, consisting of species such as <i>Morella cerifera</i> and <i>Ilex glabra</i>. The hydrology is seasonally saturated, with rare surface water.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32400-{F3517714-2F14-4AD4-9DB9-F0FC41D5FF67}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
2
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