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CEGL007074 Pinus clausa / Quercus geminata - Quercus myrtifolia - (Quercus laevis) / Garberia heterophylla Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sand Pine / Sand Live Oak - Myrtle Oak - (Turkey Oak) / Garberia Forest

Colloquial Name: Peninsular Sand Pine Forest

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This closed-canopy forest occurs in the Florida peninsula. The canopy (10-20 m high) is composed of Pinus clausa. The subcanopy includes Quercus geminata, Quercus myrtifolia, and Quercus laevis.

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 closed-canopy forest occurs in the Florida peninsula.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  FL




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

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: No Data Available

Concept Author(s): A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: A.S. Weakley

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 11-26-97

  • 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.