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CEGL004711 Thrinax radiata - Casasia clusiifolia - Erithalis fruticosa Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Florida Thatch Palm - Seven-year-apple - Blacktorch Forest

Colloquial Name: Fan Palm Hammock

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: Coastal berm vegetation of extreme southern peninsular Florida. Thrinax radiata, Casasia clusiifolia, and Erithalis fruticosa are characteristic canopy components.

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 coastal berm vegetation occurs in extreme southern peninsular Florida.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  FL




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G1Q

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: ? Fan Palm Hammock (Olmsted et al. 1981)

Concept Author(s): A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: A.S. Weakley

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 04-01-97

  • Olmsted, I. C., L. L. Loope, and R. P. Russell. 1981. Vegetation of the southern coastal region of Everglades National Park between Flamingo and Joe Bay. USDI National Park Service, Everglades National Park, Southern Florida Research Center. Report T-620. Homestead, FL. 18 pp.
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.