Currently Accepted Name: | Avicennia germinans (L.) L. - Determined By: G. Fleming, Dec 1977 |
Determination History: |
Avicennia germinans (L.) L. - Determined By: O. K. Lakela
Avicennia nitida Jacq. ex Spreng.
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Locality: | USA. Florida. Hillsborough Co.: Margin of Double Branch River, just S of FL 580 between Sweetwater and Fish Creeks and N of Old Tampa Bay, NW of Tampa. 27º 58’ 44” N -82º -33’ -49” W |
Description: | Shrubs to 2.8 m high. Abundant |
Habitat: | Remnansts of flat, open, longleaf pine [Pinus palustris] land, with saw palmetto [Serenoa repens], few scrubby oaks, and bayberry [Myrica cerifera]; grassy openings with Aristida, Andropogon, and weedy species, bordering salt flats with salt grasses, black mangrove [Avicennia germinans], and white mangrove [Laguncularia racemosa]. |