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Serenoa repens - Coccoloba uvifera - Sideroxylon tenax - Myrcianthes fragrans - Myrsine cubana Scrub | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Serenoa repens - Coccoloba uvifera - Sideroxylon tenax - Myrcianthes fragrans - Myrsine cubana Scrub Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association represents a "coastal strand" community of south-central Atlantic coast of Florida, ranging from southern Volusia County south to northern St. Lucie County. It consists of a long narrow strip of shrubs, parallel to the coast between the grassy <i>Uniola paniculata</i> dunes on the beach and the maritime forest inland. It is shaped by salt spray borne inland by the prevailing easterly winds off the water. The sandy soils are circumneutral, due to an admixture of shell with the quartz sand. The community is characterized by dense structure and an even, salt-spray-pruned canopy, slanting upward with increasing distance from the coast. The tropical shrub/small tree <i>Myrcianthes fragrans</i> is characteristic of this type, and is not found in coastal strands farther north or south. Nearest the coast, <i>Serenoa repens</i> and <i>Coccoloba uvifera</i> dominate, with dwarfed trees of <i>Sabal palmetto</i> extending above the low 1- to 2-foot high canopy. Further inland is found a mixed dominance of temperate (<i>Sideroxylon tenax, Persea borbonia, Quercus virginiana</i>) and tropical (<i>Myrcianthes fragrans, Myrsine cubana</i>) shrubs or salt-spray-dwarfed trees, often grading gradually upward in height to maritime hammock at increasing distance inland. Other characteristic species include <i>Forestiera segregata, Morella cerifera, Schinus terebinthifolius</i> (exotic), <i>Lantana involucrata</i>, and <i>Zanthoxylum clava-herculis</i>. Coastal strand communities found farther north in Florida in which <i>Ilex vomitoria</i> and <i>Magnolia grandiflora</i> are components are covered by ~<i>Serenoa repens - Sabal palmetto - Ilex vomitoria - Sideroxylon tenax</i> Scrub (CEGL003812)$$; coastal strands composed of tropical species farther south are covered by ~<i>Serenoa repens - Coccoloba uvifera - Pithecellobium keyense - Dalbergia ecastaphyllum</i> Scrub (CEGL003782)$$.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32671-{5CF3C88F-052A-4EAF-81FE-FA9FD7773230} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Feb-2011 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Sideroxylon foetidissimum - Eugenia foetida - Coccoloba uvifera Forest & Scrub Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686364 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL003811   Translated: Saw Palmetto - Sea-grape - Tough Bully - Twinberry - Guianese Colicwood Scrub   Common: Florida Coastal Strand (Southern Atlantic Temperate Type)   Scientific: Serenoa repens - Coccoloba uvifera - Sideroxylon tenax - Myrcianthes fragrans - Myrsine cubana Scrub (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Serenoa repens - Sabal palmetto - Coccoloba uvifera - Sideroxylon tenax - Myrcianthes fragrans - Myrsine floridana Scrub (similar) Serenoa repens - Sabal palmetto - Coccoloba uvifera - Sideroxylon tenax - Myrcianthes fragrans - Myrsine floridana Shrubland (similar) CEGL003811