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CEGL003553 Pinus clausa / Ceratiola ericoides - Sabal etonia / Cladonia spp. Woodland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sand Pine / Sand-heath - Scrub Palmetto / Cup Lichen species Woodland

Colloquial Name: Peninsular Open Sand Pine / Sand-heath Scrub

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This scrub vegetation of the Florida peninsula is characterized by an emergent layer of Pinus clausa above sparse to patchy ground cover, including Ceratiola ericoides. Cladonia species form the ground layer.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Sabal etonia is included in the association name as an indicator of a distribution in peninsular Florida.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available

Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: This scrub vegetation occurs in the Florida peninsula.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  FL




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G1

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: No Data Available

Concept Author(s): J.E. Mohan

Author of Description: J.E. Mohan

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 08-01-94

  • FNAI [Florida Natural Areas Inventory]. 2010a. Guide to the natural communities of Florida: 2010 edition. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, FL. 228 pp. [https://fnai.org/naturalcommguide.cfm]
  • Johnson, A. F., and M. G. Barbour. 1990. Dunes and maritime forests. Pages 429-480 in: R. L. Myers and J. J. Ewel, editors. Ecosystems of Florida. University of Central Florida Press, Orlando.
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.