Hammock (ecology) - Wikipedia
Hammock is a term used in the southeastern United States for stands of trees, usually hardwood, that form an ecological island in a contrasting ecosystem. Hammocks grow on elevated areas, often just a few inches high, surrounded by wetlands that are too wet to support them.
Hardwood Hammocks – South Florida Aquatic Environments
2018年10月3日 · Hardwood hammocks are home to many threatened and endangered plant species. Tropical hardwood hammocks are found along both coasts of south Florida as well as throughout the Everglades and Florida Keys. In the northern portion of the Everglades, hammocks are dominated by trees of temperate
Hardwood Hammock - U.S. National Park Service
A hardwood hammock is a habitat that is found on higher elevations, making it (like the pinelands) a dry habitat. To walk into a hardwood hammock is to walk through a shady tropical forest. Hardwoods are broad leaved trees that grow well in the Everglades.
Tropical hardwood hammock - Wikipedia
Tropical hardwood hammock is a closed canopy forest, dominated by a diverse assemblage of evergreen and semi-deciduous tree and shrub species, mostly of West Indian origin. It is important habitat for ferns and orchids of West Indian origin.
WEC 181/UW206: Tropical Hardwood Hammocks in Florida - EDIS
Many birds use hammocks, including migratory species. Many of the trees that occur in tropical hardwood hammocks produce fruit that both resident and migratory birds depend upon. In particular, these areas may provide critical habitat where migratory birds can stop, eat, and rest before they continue their migration.
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Ecosystems: Hardwood Hammock - U.S. National Park Service
2015年7月28日 · A hardwood hammock is a dense stand of broad-leafed trees that grow on a natural rise of only a few inches in elevation. Hammocks can be found nestled in most all other Everglades ecosystems. In the deeper sloughs and marshes, the seasonal flow of water helps give these hammocks a distinct aerial teardrop shape.
NPS Natural History Handbook: Everglades
2006年11月5日 · A boardwalk trail in this lush, junglelike tree island leads past the giant mahogany tree for which the hammock was named—now, because of Hurricane Donna, a dismembered giant. This fine tree island was explored only after the park was established.
Tropical Hardwood Hammocks - Friends of the Everglades
A hammock is a localized, mature hardwood forest. By hardwood, the distinction is made that broad-leaved trees are prevalent, as opposed to pines, which normally have softer wood. In Southern Florida, hammocks occur in marshes, pinelands, mangroves swamps, and the upstream heads of the larger tree islands of the peatland Everglades.
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