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CEGL003782 Serenoa repens - Coccoloba uvifera - Pithecellobium keyense - Dalbergia ecastaphyllum Scrub
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Saw Palmetto - Sea-grape - Florida Keys Blackbead - Coin-vine Scrub
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This coastal strand community is found in extreme southeastern Florida, from St. Lucie County south to Dade County. Its composition is transitional between temperate and tropical communities. Stands characteristically contain Serenoa repens, Coccoloba uvifera, Pithecellobium keyense, and Dalbergia ecastaphyllum. Additional characteristic species include Randia aculeata, Chiococca alba, Ernodea littoralis, Sophora tomentosa, Caesalpinia bonduc, Bursera simaruba, Metopium toxiferum, Chrysobalanus icaco, Ardisia escallonoides, Eugenia foetida, Myrsine cubana, Forestiera segregata, Schinus terebinthifolius (exotic), Casuarina equisetifolia (exotic), and Opuntia stricta. In relation to the vegetation of similar environments just to the north of its range, stands lack several temperate taxa and contain more tropical ones.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Estimated extent of less than 200 acres remaining in Florida.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Stands of this association characteristically contain Serenoa repens, Coccoloba uvifera, Pithecellobium keyense, and Dalbergia ecastaphyllum. Additional characteristic species include Randia aculeata, Chiococca alba, Ernodea littoralis, Sophora tomentosa, Caesalpinia bonduc, Bursera simaruba, Metopium toxiferum, Chrysobalanus icaco, Ardisia escallonoides, Eugenia foetida, Myrsine cubana (= Myrsine floridana), Forestiera segregata, Schinus terebinthifolius (exotic), Casuarina equisetifolia (exotic), and Opuntia stricta. This association is transitional between temperate and tropical communities. Stands are characterized by the absence of temperate species Sideroxylon tenax, Quercus virginiana, and Persea borbonia, species that are common or dominant in ~Serenoa repens - Coccoloba uvifera - Sideroxylon tenax - Myrcianthes fragrans - Myrsine cubana Scrub (CEGL003811)$$, which occurs in similar situations just to the north. Correspondingly, the number and abundance of tropical shrubs increases, such as Pithecellobium keyense, Dalbergia ecastaphyllum, Randia aculeata, Chiococca alba, Ernodea littoralis, Sophora tomentosa, Caesalpinia bonduc, Bursera simaruba, Metopium toxiferum, Chrysobalanus icaco, Ardisia escallonoides, and Eugenia foetida.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This community is found in extreme southeastern Florida, from St. Lucie County south to Dade County.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: FL
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686415
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1
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.1 Tropical Dry Forest & Woodland Formation | F003 | 1.A.1 |
| Division | 1.A.1.Ea Caribbean-Mesoamerican Dry Forest & Woodland Division | D099 | 1.A.1.Ea |
| Macrogroup | 1.A.1.Ea.2 Gumbo Limbo - Tie-tongue - Stopper species Caribbean Coastal Lowland Dry Forest Macrogroup | M134 | 1.A.1.Ea.2 |
| Group | 1.A.1.Ea.2.b Gumbo Limbo - Tie-tongue - White Stopper Forest Group | G765 | 1.A.1.Ea.2.b |
| Alliance | A2031 False Mastic - Blolly - Sea-grape Forest & Scrub Alliance | A2031 | 1.A.1.Ea.2.b |
| Association | CEGL003782 Saw Palmetto - Sea-grape - Florida Keys Blackbead - Coin-vine Scrub | CEGL003782 | 1.A.1.Ea.2.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Coastal Strand - Southeast (Johnson and Muller 1993a)
- 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 J. W. Muller. 1993a. An assessment of Florida''s remaining coastal upland natural communities: Final summary report. The Nature Conservancy, Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee. 37 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.