Name:
Sabal palmetto - Quercus laurifolia - Quercus virginiana - Magnolia virginiana - Ulmus americana Swamp Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This association represents temperate hydric hammocks of Florida and adjacent Georgia. Although this type extends into central Florida, where it may be best developed, examples lack tropical flora. These hydric hammocks typically form where deep groundwater seeps slowly from limestone outcrops. This vegetation is characterized by a moderately diverse canopy, usually composed of <i>Sabal palmetto, Quercus virginiana, Quercus laurifolia, Magnolia virginiana, Ulmus americana</i>, and sometimes also <i>Pinus taeda, Acer rubrum, Quercus nigra, Celtis laevigata, Liquidambar styraciflua, Fraxinus pennsylvanica</i>, and others. Typical understory species can include <i>Carpinus caroliniana ssp. caroliniana, Cornus foemina, Diospyros virginiana, Magnolia virginiana, Persea palustris, Nyssa biflora</i>, and canopy species. Typical shrubs and woody vines include <i>Sabal minor, Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Viburnum obovatum, Berchemia scandens, Callicarpa americana, Nekemias arborea, Persea palustris</i>, and <i>Toxicodendron radicans</i>. In northeastern Florida, at the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, dead and dying <i>Persea palustris</i> indicate that these hydric hammocks are being affected by laurel wilt, which is caused by a vascular wilt fungus that is transmitted to species in the Lauraceae family via the non-native redbay ambrosia beetle (<i>Xyleborus glabratus</i>).
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33456-{EED3D6B0-C0F4-4F55-BDA7-525E810A6FD3}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
12
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