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Taxodium ascendens / Hypericum chapmanii / Rhynchospora harperi Swamp Dwarf Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Taxodium ascendens / Hypericum chapmanii / Rhynchospora harperi Swamp Dwarf Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This dwarf pond-cypress savanna is a highly unusual association, which is dominated by a rather open, essentially monospecific canopy of dwarfed <i>Taxodium ascendens</i>. A shrub layer (typically below 1.5 m. in height) is dominated by <i>Hypericum chapmanii</i> with <i>Ilex myrtifolia, Cliftonia monophylla, Cyrilla racemiflora</i>, and <i>Stillingia aquatica</i>. The herbaceous stratum is dominated by <i>Rhynchospora harperi</i> and is more prominent and dense than the shrubs. Other forbs noted include <i>Eriocaulon compressum, Xyris stricta, Sabatia bartramii, Scleria baldwinii, Aristida</i> spp., <i>Hypericum</i> sp., <i>Rhexia</i> sp., <i>Lycopodiella alopecuroides</i>, and <i>Pinguicula planifolia</i>. Numerous epiphytes on the <i>Taxodium ascendens</i> include <i>Epidendrum magnoliae, Pieris phillyreifolia, Osmanthus americanus, Ilex glabra, Asplenium platyneuron, Thelypteris kunthii</i>, and foliose or fruticose lichens. These dwarf pond-cypress savannas are apparently endemic to Franklin County, Florida, and the result of a rather unique geologic setting and the interrelationship of edaphic, hydrologic, and fire-regime factors. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35913-{90E2D544-0166-4C2A-8EBF-615D6B6EC005}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 24-Jan-2006 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685447 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007725
  Translated: Pond-cypress / Apalachicola St. John's-wort / Harper's Beaksedge Swamp Dwarf Woodland
  Common: West Florida Coat-Rack Pond-cypress Savanna
  Scientific: Taxodium ascendens / Hypericum chapmanii / Rhynchospora harperi Swamp Dwarf Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL007725
(similar) Taxodium ascendens / Hypericum chapmanii / Rhynchospora harperi Dwarf Woodland
(similar) Taxodium ascendens / Hypericum chapmanii / Rhynchospora harperi Dwarf Woodland