Name:
Serenoa repens - Quercus myrtifolia / Aristida beyrichiana Scrub & Dry Prairie Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
These open prairies and shrublands mainly occur in the Florida Peninsula. Sites lack trees and are codominated by <i>Aristida beyrichiana, Ceratiola ericoides, Quercus geminata, Quercus myrtifolia</i>, or <i>Serenoa repens</i>. Dry prairie sites are generally open shrubby grasslands. They are essentially treeless areas dominated by <i>Serenoa repens</i> and other low shrubs, such as <i>Bejaria racemosa, Ilex glabra, Lyonia fruticosa, Lyonia lucida</i>, and <i>Quercus minima</i>, as well as a variety of grasses, such as <i>Andropogon ternarius, Aristida beyrichiana, Aristida spiciformis, Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferum</i>, and <i>Sorghastrum secundum</i>. In oak scrub and scrubby flatwoods sites, <i>Ceratiola ericoides, Licania michauxii, Lyonia ferruginea, Quercus chapmanii, Quercus geminata, Quercus inopina, Quercus myrtifolia</i>, and <i>Serenoa repens</i> are the most important shrub species. Shrubs can have very high cover in scrub sites. While in dry prairie sites shrubs tend to be <0.5 m tall, in scrub sites, shrubs can be 2-3 m tall. The height of the shrubs depends on the species present and the time since last fire.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40529-{07EECBCF-6B87-4CB9-A990-73947E4464B4}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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