Southeastern Maritime Live Oak Forest

Type:Alliance
Parent classification:Coastal Live Oak - Hickory - Palmetto Forest
Scientific Name:Quercus virginiana - Sabal palmetto Coastal Evergreen Forest Alliance
Location:United States (Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina)
Description:This alliance includes communities which are dominated and characterized by Quercus virginiana, and often containing Sabal palmetto and Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola. It is found on barrier islands, maritime hammocks, and some more inland coastal hammocks and other fire-protected situations along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from North Carolina to Florida and west to Mississippi.
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Child types

Name
Atlantic Coast Maritime Evergreen Forest
Atlantic Coast Northern Calcareous Fringe Hardwood Forest
Atlantic Coastal Fringe Evergreen Forest
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mixed Deciduous Maritime Forest
Cabbage Palmetto Woodland
Dry Live Oak Forest
Florida Atlantic Coastal Tropical/Temperate Maritime Hammock
Florida Gulf Coastal Tropical/Temperate Maritime Hammock
Florida Panhandle Maritime Live Oak Hammock
Gulf Coast Shell Midden Woodland
Maritime Live Oak Hammock
Quercus alba / Sabal palmetto - Ilex vomitoria Forest
Ruderal Maritime Slash Pine Woodland
Sabal palmetto / Serenoa repens Woodland
Sand Spit Evergreen Forest
South Atlantic Coastal Shell Midden Woodland
Southern Red-cedar - Live Oak - Cabbage Palmetto Marsh Hammock
Virginia Beach Xeric Dune Woodland

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer