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CEGL007035 Quercus virginiana - Sabal palmetto / Eugenia axillaris - Myrsine cubana - Coccoloba uvifera Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Live Oak - Cabbage Palmetto / White Stopper - Guianese Colicwood - Sea-grape Forest

Colloquial Name: Florida Gulf Coastal Tropical/Temperate Maritime Hammock

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: Tropical/temperate maritime hammocks of the western coast of mid-peninsula Florida, characteristically with oak canopy and tropical subcanopy. The canopy includes Quercus virginiana and Sabal palmetto. The shrubs are of tropical affinity, e.g., Eugenia axillaris, Myrsine cubana, and Coccoloba uvifera.

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: The canopy of this association is composed of temperate species, including Quercus virginiana and Sabal palmetto. In contrast, the shrubs are of tropical affinity, e.g., Eugenia axillaris, Myrsine cubana (= Myrsine floridana), and Coccoloba uvifera.

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  Tropical/temperate maritime hammocks of the western coast of mid-peninsula Florida.

Geographic Range: This association is restricted to the western mid-peninsular coast of Florida.

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): A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: A.S. Weakley

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 02-01-95

  • 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.