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CST008394 Casuarina equisetifolia Plantation

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Beach She-oak Plantation

Colloquial Name: Beach She-oak Plantation

Hierarchy Level:  Cultural Subtype

Type Concept: Forests (varying to woodland structure) commonly on disturbed sandy beaches, and essentially monodominant with Casuarina equisetifolia. DISTRIBUTION: Cuba, Bahamas, Puerto Rico.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Stands of nearly pure Australian "pines" are common on sandy beaches of many keys of the Cuban archipelago.

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: No Data Available

Nations: BS,CU,PR

States/Provinces:  No Data Available



Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: GNA

Greasons: No Data Available

Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Cultural Class CCL01 Anthromorphic Vegetation Cultural Class CCL01 7
Cultural Formation CFO02 Forest Plantation & Agroforestry Cultural Formation CFO02 7.A.2
Cultural Group CGR008 Tropical Forest Plantation Cultural Group CGR008 7.A.2.1.1
Cultural Subclass CSC01 Woody Agricultural Vegetation Cultural Subclass CSC01 7.A
Cultural Subformation CSF05 Forest Plantation Cultural Subformation CSF05 7.A.2.1
Cultural Subgroup CSG008 Caribbean Forest Plantation Cultural Subgroup CSG008 7.A.2.1.1.a
Cultural Subtype CST008394 Beach She-oak Plantation CST008394 7.A.2.1.1.a.4
Cultural Type CTY004 Exotic Caribbean Hardwood Plantation Cultural Type CTY004 7.A.2.1.1.a.4

Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: = Casuarina equisetifolia Forest Plantation (Areces-Mallea et al. 1999)
< Australian-pine Screen (Dansereau 1966) [in part]

Concept Author(s): Areces-Mallea et al. (1999)

Author of Description: West Indies Working Group

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 04-05-99

  • Areces-Mallea, A. E., A. S. Weakley, X. Li, R. G. Sayre, J. D. Parrish, C. V. Tipton, and T. Boucher. 1999. A guide to Caribbean vegetation types: Preliminary classification system and descriptions. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 166 pp.
  • Dansereau, P. 1966. Studies on the vegetation of Puerto Rico. Part I. Description and integration of the plant-communities. University of Puerto Rico, Institute of Caribbean Sciences. Special Publication No. 1. Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. 287 pp.
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.