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CEGL003535 Pinus elliottii var. densa / Sideroxylon salicifolium - Chrysobalanus icaco - Ilex cassine Woodland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Florida Slash Pine / White Bully - Coco-plum - Dahoon Woodland

Colloquial Name: Big Cypress Coco-plum - Dahoon Pine Rockland

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This rockland community is restricted to the southwestern tropical tip of the Florida peninsula. It occurs on flatlands with exposed limestone substrate and is considered mesic-xeric and subtropical. This woodland experiences frequent fire. Vegetation is comprised on Pinus elliottii, palms and/or hardwoods, and mixed grasses and herbs.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

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 community is restricted to the southwestern tropical tip of the Florida peninsula.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  FL




Confidence Level: Low

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G2?

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: = Pine forests (Duever et al. 1986)

Concept Author(s): A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: M.J. Russo

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 05-06-10

  • Duever, M. J., J. E. Carlson, J. F. Meeder, L. C. Duever, L. H. Gunderson, L. A. Riopelle, T. R. Alexander, R. L. Myers, and D. P. Spangler. 1986. The Big Cypress National Preserve. National Audubon Society Research Report No. 8. National Audubon Society, New York. 444 pp.
  • 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]
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.