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Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida - Coccoloba uvifera - Leucothrinax morrisii / Erithalis fruticosa Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida - Coccoloba uvifera - Leucothrinax morrisii / Erithalis fruticosa Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This community is a low (4-7 m in height), xeric forest with occasional emergent trees, occurring over limestone. It occurs in the lower portion of the Florida Keys, ranging from Big Pine Key to Boca Grande. Vegetation is dense with an abundance of low, branching stems. The tallest trees are typically <i>Leucothrinax morrisii, Metopium toxiferum, Conocarpus erectus, Pinus elliottii var. densa</i> and <i>Guapira discolor</i>. Other common trees include <i>Manilkara jaimiqui ssp. emarginata, Piscidia piscipula, Eugenia foetida, Eugenia axillaris, Jacquinia keyensis</i>, and <i>Myrsine cubana</i>. Canopy species, as well as <i>Erithalis fruticosa, Byrsonima lucida, Ernodea littoralis, Chiococca parvifolia</i>, and <i>Randia aculeata</i> may also occur as shrubs in the understory. Only a few shade-tolerant herbs are found beneath the dense forest cover.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35326-{1DB18F44-AC05-46BD-925B-60276A1CE179} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Bursera simaruba - Coccoloba diversifolia - Eugenia axillaris Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685327 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL007008   Translated: Florida Poisontree - Boxleaf Stopper - Sea-grape - Key Thatch Palm / Blacktorch Forest   Common: Lower Keys Rockland Hammock   Scientific: Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida - Coccoloba uvifera - Leucothrinax morrisii / Erithalis fruticosa Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida - Coccoloba uvifera - Thrinax morrisii / Erithalis fruticosa Forest (similar) CEGL007008 (similar) Metopium toxiferum - Eugenia foetida - Coccoloba uvifera - Thrinax morrisii / Erithalis fruticosa Forest