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CEGL007066 Rhizophora mangle - (Avicennia germinans, Laguncularia racemosa) Riverine Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Red Mangrove - (Black Mangrove, White Mangrove) Riverine Forest
Colloquial Name: Riverine Mangrove Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: Rhizophora mangle predominates in stands of this type but is sometimes mixed with Avicennia germinans and Laguncularia racemosa. These are mangrove forests on organic soils in intertidal situations along island peripheries, usually with little or no understory, in the Florida Keys and southern peninsular Florida, as well as presumably in the Caribbean (e.g., Puerto Rico). Tidal flushing is daily. This association has the highest productivity and highest floristic diversity of mangrove communities in southern Florida and the West Indies. The canopy is also the tallest, with the closed mangrove canopy usually 7-15 m (or up to 20 m) high.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Called Organic soil, saline-saturated mangrove forest, but this may be inaccurate and/or misleading. Regular tidal flushing does not imply higher salinities than are found in basin sites, etc. (T. Armentano pers. comm.).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Rhizophora mangle predominates in stands of this type, but is sometimes mixed with Avicennia germinans and Laguncularia racemosa. The canopy is the tallest of mangrove forests, with closed mangrove canopy usually 7-15 (or up to 20) m high.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: These are mangrove forests on organic soils in intertidal situations along island peripheries in the Florida Keys and southern peninsular Florida. Tidal flushing is daily.
Geographic Range: In the United States, this type would be restricted to the Florida Keys and southern peninsular Florida. It presumably also occurs in the Caribbean.
Nations: PR,US
States/Provinces: FL
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685926
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.A Tropical Forest & Woodland Subclass | S17 | 1.A |
| Formation | 1.A.5 Mangrove Formation | F006 | 1.A.5 |
| Division | 1.A.5.Ua Atlantic-Caribbean & East Pacific Mangrove Division | D004 | 1.A.5.Ua |
| Macrogroup | 1.A.5.Ua.3 Black Mangrove - White Mangrove - Red Mangrove Macrogroup | M005 | 1.A.5.Ua.3 |
| Group | 1.A.5.Ua.3.b Red Mangrove Forest Group | G004 | 1.A.5.Ua.3.b |
| Alliance | A3188 Red Mangrove Fringe Mangrove Alliance | A3188 | 1.A.5.Ua.3.b |
| Association | CEGL007066 Red Mangrove - (Black Mangrove, White Mangrove) Riverine Forest | CEGL007066 | 1.A.5.Ua.3.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < ESU 1--Peaty Mangrove Forest (Ross et al. 1992)
? Estuarine Rhizophora (Bacon 1993)
< IIIA1b. Red Mangrove Swamp (Allard 1990)
? Riverine Mangrove Forests (Gilmore and Snedaker 1993)
? Riverine Mangrove Wetlands (Wolfe 1990)
? Estuarine Rhizophora (Bacon 1993)
< IIIA1b. Red Mangrove Swamp (Allard 1990)
? Riverine Mangrove Forests (Gilmore and Snedaker 1993)
? Riverine Mangrove Wetlands (Wolfe 1990)
- Allard, D. J. 1990. Southeastern United States ecological community classification. Interim report, Version 1.2. The Nature Conservancy, Southeast Regional Office, Chapel Hill, NC. 96 pp.
- Armentano, Tom. Personal communication. National Park Service, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL.
- Bacon, P. R. 1993. Mangroves in the Lesser Antilles, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Pages 155-9 in: L. D. Lacerda, coordinator. Conservation and sustainable utilization of mangrove forests in Latin America and Africa Regions. Int. Tropical Timber Organ.
- 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]
- Gilmore, R. G., Jr., and S. C. Snedaker. 1993. Mangrove forests. Pages 165-198 in: W. H. Martin, S. G. Boyce, and A. C. Echternacht, editors. Biodiversity of the southeastern United States: Lowland terrestrial communities. John Wiley and Sons, New York. 502 pp.
- Ross, M. S., J. J. O''Brien, and L. J. Flynn. 1992. Ecological site classification of Florida Keys terrestrial habitats. Biotropica 24:488-502.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Wolfe, S. H., editor. 1990. An ecological characterization of the Florida Springs Coast: Pithlachascotee to Waccasassa rivers. USDI Fish & Wildlife Service, Biological Report 90(21). Slidell, LA. 323 pp.