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Bursera simaruba - Coccoloba diversifolia - Eugenia axillaris Forest Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Bursera simaruba - Coccoloba diversifolia - Eugenia axillaris Forest Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This hardwood hammock forest alliance occurs in southern Florida, on rockland sites. It consists of upland hardwood forest on elevated ridges of limestone in three discrete regions: the Florida Keys, southeastern Big Cypress, and the Miami Rock Ridge. Tropical hardwood species likely to be encountered throughout are <i>Bursera simaruba, Coccoloba diversifolia</i>, and <i>Eugenia axillaris</i>. The northward ranges of these species are limited by the incidence of frosts. These forests tend to have a dense canopy that produces deeper shade, less evaporation, and lower air temperature than surrounding vegetation. This microclimate, in combination with high water tables, tends to keep humidity levels high and the community quite mesic. A number of orchid and bromeliad species thrive in such conditions. Unlike most coastal plain systems, fire is a major threat to these hardwood hammock forests. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38298-{60E086DD-5D6A-4F5E-8921-33C5B94426B8}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.889962 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A2030
  Translated: Gumbo Limbo - Tie-tongue - White Stopper Forest Alliance
  Common: Caribbean Hardwood Hammock & Coastal Strand Forest
  Scientific: Bursera simaruba - Coccoloba diversifolia - Eugenia axillaris Forest Alliance