Name:
Pinus palustris / Quercus laevis - Quercus geminata Woodland Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance is confined to Florida and immediately adjacent Georgia and southern Alabama and is characterized by an open canopy of <i>Pinus palustris</i> and <i>Quercus geminata</i> in the subcanopy layer. The nominal species <i>Quercus geminata</i> reflects the increase in evergreen oak and scrub species in Florida. Dominant trees are <i>Pinus palustris, Quercus laevis, Quercus incana, Quercus hemisphaerica</i> and <i>Quercus margarettae</i>. Characteristic and dominant shrubs include <i>Licania michauxii, Rhus copallinum, Quercus minima, Asimina angustifolia</i>, and <i>Serenoa repens</i>. Diagnostic herbaceous species include <i>Ageratina aromatica, Andropogon gyrans, Andropogon virginicus, Aristida beyrichiana, Bulbostylis ciliatifolia, Crotalaria rotundifolia, Croton argyranthemus, Dichanthelium aciculare, Dichanthelium ovale, Aristolochia serpentaria, Eriogonum tomentosum, Hieracium gronovii, Houstonia procumbens, Lechea sessiliflora, Liatris tenuifolia, Palafoxia integrifolia, Pityopsis graminifolia, Scleria ciliata, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sericocarpus tortifolius, Solidago odora var. odora, Sorghastrum secundum, Sporobolus junceus, Stillingia sylvatica, Stylisma patens</i>, and <i>Tragia urens</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39286-{9D9A376F-7AA6-43A6-940F-6434EE21AD2C}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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