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Chamaecyparis thyoides - Sabal palmetto Swamp Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Chamaecyparis thyoides - Sabal palmetto Swamp Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association includes hydric hammock forests found in the central peninsula of Florida. These forests are dominated by <i>Chamaecyparis thyoides, Sabal palmetto</i>, and <i>Magnolia virginiana</i>, with <i>Quercus nigra, Persea palustris, Gordonia lasianthus</i>, and <i>Pinus serotina</i> at lower cover values. The subcanopy additionally has <i>Ilex cassine, Acer rubrum</i>, and <i>Nyssa biflora</i>. Shrubs are prominent, dominated by <i>Sabal palmetto, Serenoa repens, Ilex coriacea, Ilex cassine, Illicium parviflorum, Chamaecyparis thyoides, Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Agarista populifolia</i>, and <i>Lyonia lucida</i>. This association occurs in saturated, high-pH areas along streams in north-central Florida. It is documented along Mormon Branch on Ocala National Forest. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36646-{1A092F5B-7E4C-4576-80E2-AA0442060397}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 4
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 15-May-2002 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685822 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL008598
  Translated: Atlantic White-cedar - Cabbage Palmetto Swamp Forest
  Common: Central Florida Atlantic White-cedar Hydric Hammock
  Scientific: Chamaecyparis thyoides - Sabal palmetto Swamp Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Chamaecyparis thyoides - Sabal palmetto Forest
(similar) CEGL008598
(similar) Chamaecyparis thyoides - Sabal palmetto Forest