Temperate Hardwood Hammocks

In south florida hammocks occur in marshes pinelands and mangrove swamps.

Temperate hardwood hammocks.

Temperate hardwood hammocks are narrow bands of broadleaf forest that occur on the coastal plain of the southeastern united states. In typically narrow bands. Varies from warm temperate mixed deciduous evergreen flora e g. In most of the southeast including the florida panhandle the trees in temperate hardwood hammocks are primarily evergreen.

Glossary terms on page. North florida hammocks have the greatest number of tree and shrub species per acre of all temperate forests in the continental united states. On slopes between upland pinelands and lake margins or floodplain forests and marshes. They also provide homes for other plants and animals.

Hammocks are diverse hardwood forests. Area that is often higher than the surrounding land with humus rich soil and hardwood trees including oaks sweetgums hickories and palms. Also in some uplands protected from fire. Tropical zone lies between 23 5 degrees north and south of the equator has.

Hardwood hammocks in northern florida peninsula have a mixture of deciduous and evergreen. The tropical hardwood hammock is an ecosystem consisting of broad leafed trees shrubs and vines nearly all of which are native to the west indies with live oak quercus virginiana being the only significant temperate species. Temperate hardwood forests hammocks substrate. Temperate hardwood hammocks are narrow bands of broadleaf forest that occur on the coastal plain of the southeastern united states.

Subject to thin soils and a tropical climate hardwood hammocks form a dense canopy with. Hardwood hammocks in northeastern florida have a mixture of.