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Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida - Krugiodendron ferreum - Swietenia mahagoni / Capparis flexuosa Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida - Krugiodendron ferreum - Swietenia mahagoni / Capparis flexuosa Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community is a dense, tropical, broad-leaved, evergreen forest with an open understory, occurring on areas of elevated rock. Canopies are typically 9-12 m and composed of trees 10-20 cm in diameter with scattered individuals that are up to 100 cm in diameter. Common canopy species include <i>Metopium toxiferum, Krugiodendron ferreum, Swietenia mahagoni, Guapira discolor, Bursera simaruba, Coccoloba diversifolia, Lysiloma latisiliquum, Sideroxylon salicifolium, Sideroxylon foetidissimum</i>, and <i>Ficus aurea</i>. Well-developed subcanopies contain smaller individuals of canopy species and <i>Eugenia axillaris, Eugenia foetida, Gymnanthes lucida, Thrinax radiata, Leucothrinax morrisii, Amyris elemifera, Drypetes diversifolia, Canella winteriana, Bourreria succulenta, Sapindus saponaria, Guaiacum sanctum</i>, etc. Species that occur as shrubs include <i>Psychotria nervosa, Ardisia escallonoides, Guettarda elliptica, Guettarda scabra, Colubrina elliptica, Capparis flexuosa</i>, and <i>Eugenia rhombea</i>. Only a few shade-tolerant herbs are found beneath the dense forest cover (<i>Dichanthelium dichotomum, Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. setarius, Lasiacis divaricata</i>). Scattered orchids (<i>Eulophia alta, Beloglottis costaricensis, Cyclopogon cranichoides, Stenorrhynchos lanceolatum, Eltroplectris calcarata</i>) and clumps of ferns (<i>Nephrolepis exaltata, Nephrolepis biserrata, Thelypteris kunthii</i>) may grow in areas with sufficient moisture. Other ferns (<i>Adiantum tenerum, Tectaria heracleifolia, Tectaria fimbriata, Thelypteris reptans, Thelypteris sclerophylla</i>) grow on the walls of solution holes. Herbaceous epiphytes are abundant and conspicuous (<i>Campyloneurum phyllitidis, Pleopeltis polypodioides ssp. polypodioides, Phlebodium aureum, Vittaria lineata, Tillandsia</i> spp.). 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35325-{84E57A04-EDE0-43F7-976D-02D3A733689A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.690071 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007007
  Translated: Florida Poisontree - Boxleaf Stopper - Black Ironwood - West Indian Mahogany / Limber Caper Forest
  Common: Upper Keys Rockland Hammock
  Scientific: Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida - Krugiodendron ferreum - Swietenia mahagoni / Capparis flexuosa Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL007007
(similar) Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida - Krugiodendron ferreum - Swietenia mahagoni / Capparis flexuosa Forest
(similar) Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida - Krugiodendron ferreum - Swietenia mahagoni / Capparis flexuosa Forest